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heterofatalism

heterofatalism noun: synonym of heteropessimism.

Noun

heterofatalism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Synonym of heteropessimism.
    • We will hardly believe the historians when they tell us about the old days of #MeToo and heterofatalism.2020, Sophie Lewis, “Collective Turn-off”, in Mal
    • “Marriage is hell” jokes are symptomatic of heterofatalism, just like incels who love to mock straight culture and caricature straight people but simultaneously can't imagine living outside of it.2023, Alice Cappelle, Collapse Feminism: The Online Battle for Feminism's Future, unnumbered page
    Synonyms:
    heteropessimism

Synonyms of heterofatalism

Origin of heterofatalism

From hetero- + fatalism.

Questions about heterofatalism

What does heterofatalism mean?
Heterofatalism means synonym of heteropessimism.
What part of speech is heterofatalism?
Heterofatalism is a noun.

Words near heterofatalism in the dictionary

  1. heterofacial
  2. heterofacially
  3. heterofascism
  4. heterofascist
  5. heterofascists
  6. heterofatalism
  7. heterofatalist
  8. heterofatalists
  9. heterofemale
  10. heterofemales
  11. heterofermentation

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