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fatalistic

fatalistic adjective: of or pertaining to fatalism.

Adjective

fatalistic (comparative more fatalistic, superlative most fatalistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to fatalism.
    • To forego life for a fantasy: What could be more fatalistic than that?2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025
  2. Submissive to fate.

Forms of fatalistic

comparativemore fatalistic
superlativemost fatalistic

Origin of fatalistic

From fatalist + -ic.

Words formed from fatalistic

Questions about fatalistic

What does fatalistic mean?
Fatalistic means of or pertaining to fatalism.
What part of speech is fatalistic?
Fatalistic is an adjective.

Words near fatalistic in the dictionary

  1. fatal attractions
  2. fatal familial insomnia
  3. fatalism
  4. fatalisms
  5. fatalist
  6. fatalistic
  7. fatalistical
  8. fatalistically
  9. fatalists
  10. fatalities
  11. fatality

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