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fatalism

[feyt-l-iz-uhm] / ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm /


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A constitutionally cyclical outlook encouraged adaptability and sustainability rather than fatalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 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

But it cleared the fog of legal fatalism and said, at least, that the possibility of truth still has standing.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025

O’Meara’s children believe she may have harbored a sense of fatalism about what was coming.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 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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