fatalistic

fatalistic

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English fatal
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English fatalist
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English fatalistic

    From fatalist + -ic.

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    Adjective

    fatalistic (comparative more fatalistic, superlative most fatalistic)

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

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