fatalism
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One cannot help seeing a connection between the aged oysterman’s fatalism and his humorous vigor.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
The fatalism, the quarter of a century of not contending, the grinding down of expectation.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
But it cleared the fog of legal fatalism and said, at least, that the possibility of truth still has standing.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025
That’s the kind of fatalism and pessimism typical of a repressive feudal system, where peasants have no reason to believe in the efficacy of their own work.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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