fatalism

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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

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

The vibe is exuberant and anarchic and very much in tempo with the joy-craving fatalism of today.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 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