"fatalistic" meaning in English

See fatalistic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fatalistic.wav [US] Forms: more fatalistic [comparative], most fatalistic [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree 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 *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English fatalistic From fatalist + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|fatalist|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree 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 *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English fatalistic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-tās", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-τής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐστής", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ista", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-iste", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ist", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ist", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fatalist", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fatalistic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fatalistic"> From fatalist + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} fatalistic (comparative more fatalistic, superlative most fatalistic)
  1. Of or pertaining to fatalism. Translations (of or pertaining to fatalism): fatalista (Catalan), fatalisma (Esperanto), fatalistinen (Finnish), fatalista (Galician), fatalistisch (German), μοιρολατρικός (moirolatrikós) (Greek), fatalistico (Italian), fatalista (Portuguese), fatalista (Spanish), fatalistisk (Swedish), fätimik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-fatalistic-en-adj-Fc6gpksP Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to fatalism': 99 1
  2. Submissive to fate. Translations (submissive to fate): fatalista (Catalan), schicksalsergeben (German), fatalistisk (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fatalistically, nonfatalistic, semifatalistic
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      "form": "more fatalistic",
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        "comparative"
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            [
              49,
              59
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          "ref": "2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025:",
          "text": "To forego life for a fantasy: What could be more fatalistic than that?",
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      ],
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      ]
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        "Submissive to fate."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalisma"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalistinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalistisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "moirolatrikós",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "μοιρολατρικός"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalistico"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fatalistisk"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to fatalism",
      "word": "fätimik"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "submissive to fate",
      "word": "fatalista"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "submissive to fate",
      "word": "schicksalsergeben"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "submissive to fate",
      "word": "fatalistisk"
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}

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