fatalism

Example Sentences

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A constitutionally cyclical outlook encouraged adaptability and sustainability rather than fatalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

Today, realism tells us that the future will get worse before it might get better – and it can only get better if we reject fatalism and get on with organizing.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

Somewhere in my fatalism I had expected to die, accidentally, and never have the chance to walk up the stairs in the auditorium and gracefully receive my hard-earned diploma.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou