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fatalism

[fayt-l-iz-uhm] / ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm /


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

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

She tells Newsbeat that it gives a more "fatalism" vibe, adding the series "is being so open about being such an homage to film noir".

From BBC ● May 27, 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

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

Somewhere in my fatalism I had expected to die, accidentally, and never have the chance to walk up the stairs in the auditorium and gracefully receive my hard-earned diploma.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou



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