"fatalist" meaning in English

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          "text": "“Maybe the problem is that you’re a romantic,” says my former lover-slash-friend-slash-male-sensitivity-reader. “And maybe so are the other fatalists.”",
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          "ref": "2026 April 3, Matteo Wong, Lila Shroff, “Silicon Valley Is in a Frenzy Over Bots That Build Themselves”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "fatalist, person who believes in fatalism",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "gl",
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        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "fatalisto"
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      "code": "io",
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      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "fatalist, person who believes in fatalism",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "fatalist, person who believes in fatalism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fatalistino"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "fatalist, person who believes in fatalism",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "fatalist, person who believes in fatalism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "fatalist, person who believes in fatalism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
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      "code": "pa",
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      "lang_code": "pa",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
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        "masculine"
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        "masculine"
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