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fatalistic

[feyt-l-is-tik] / ˌfeɪt lˈɪs tɪk /


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Let me just be as negative as possible, as fatalistic in the horrible direction everything’s gonna go, and that all worked out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

I do not say this to be fatalistic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

For the Portuguese adventure, "we added something very very specific to the Portuguese people -- 'saudade' -- this somewhat fatalistic melancholy," Fabcaro told AFP.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Remarkably, the authors found that constructive doubt and constructive hope both correlated with increased policy support and willingness to take political action, whereas false hope and fatalistic thinking had a negative association.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024

His sister stayed because her fatalistic heart told her that the lethal sickness would follow her, no matter what, to the farthest corner of the earth.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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