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fatalistic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fatalistic.

Editorial note

Waiting until we do means no research, which is awfully fatalistic.

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Quick take

Submissive to fate.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fatalistic gathered in one view.

adjective

Submissive to fate.

adjective

Of or pertaining to fatalism.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fatalistic.

adjective

Submissive to fate.

adjective

Of or pertaining to fatalism.

Example sentences

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Waiting until we do means no research, which is awfully fatalistic.

2

Maybe it's current incarnation is fucked up but your argument is just fatalistic thinking.

3

Coming from a risk-averse and somewhat fatalistic family/peer group wrt work/career control hasn't helped.

4

Your fatalistic assessment assumes Hachette (and other publishers) are paralyzed and cannot adapt.

5

The thing most resonates with me in stoicism is the fatalistic outlook.

6

Isn't that a bit too agnostic (and fatalistic too)?

7

To someone who hasn't gone through a career related burnout, failed a business, or whatnot, the above spiel probably sounds like the fatalistic whining of a weakling.

8

They are conservative and fatalistic and hierarchical as ever.

9

The idea that we would need to warn a civilization 10,000 years in the future to stay away seems quite fatalistic to me...

10

However if I came across as fatalistic that certainly wasn't my intention.

11

The fatalistic outlook you have will be self-fulfilling.

12

I personally can't be arsed to protect myself, but that's just me- I'm kinda fatalistic and assume that everybody knows everything about me already.

Quote examples

1

And from this course no man has the power to hold you back.” There is nothing fatalistic about that.

2

It can be a good demotivator when the disparity is large and hard work seems unrewarded, though - it can nurture a fatalistic outlook in which the rich are rich because the game is rigged, they "chose the right parents", etc., rather than working hard to get there.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fatalistic in a sentence?

Waiting until we do means no research, which is awfully fatalistic.

What does fatalistic mean?

Submissive to fate.

What part of speech is fatalistic?

fatalistic is commonly used as adjective.