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fatalism

[feyt-l-iz-uhm] / ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm /


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One cannot help seeing a connection between the aged oysterman’s fatalism and his humorous vigor.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 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

It’s a luxury, a quantum leap, one that can save your imagination from a propensity to meek fatalism or received social patterns.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2025

What struck her most was their attitude of fatalism, as if this was how it always turned out, whatever the initial promise or potential.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger



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