From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfatalisticfa‧tal‧is‧tic /ˌfeɪtlˈɪstɪk◂/ adjective PREVENTbelieving that there is nothing you can do to prevent events from happening → fate a fatalistic approach to life —fatalistically /-kli/ adverb
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fatalistic• Emma was fatalistic about her future.• The fatalistic apathy that this creates becomes a part of the induced passivity that I have seen in thousands of illiterate adults.• An unfamiliar note of fatalistic caution.• Her ongoing ordeal is hardly a picnic, but her fatalistic humor gets her through.• They get the argument out of a tight corner, and make for a less fatalistic scenario.• Graduates who attend them seem to be becoming increasingly fatalistic that they will go away empty-handed.• This ambivalence may regress into a fatalistic view of herself and her future. 