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fatalism

[fayt-l-iz-uhm] / ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm /


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His eyes on his daughter, he expressed a belief in God’s protection that, to many outsiders, can sound like fatalism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"There is a sense of fatalism, hostility toward one another, and serious tension in society," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

We can all live and work together—or we can succumb to fatalism and a false sense of inevitability.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

In other hands, a film of such unadorned fatalism might seem useless, an exercise in emotional sadism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The tone of that entry seems lofty, high-minded, but in it I detect a whiff of fatalism.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover


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