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fatalism

[feyt-l-iz-uhm] / ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm /


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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 idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2026

And so the chance has arrived at last, decades in the waiting, decades largely made up of frustration, false dawns and fatalism.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

The vibe is exuberant and anarchic and very much in tempo with the joy-craving fatalism of today.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

People who refused fatalism because they could invent small resources insisted on culpability.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston



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