fatalistic
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This is a depressingly resigned and remarkably fatalistic admission from a U.S. senator.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
They’re a rejoinder to all the fatalistic commentary about tanking and how “being bad to get better” is an accepted reality of the NBA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing fatalistic
To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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In the Time of the Butterflies
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