Antonyms for fatalistic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : feyt-l-iz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm


Definition of fatalistic

Origin :
  • 1832, from fatalist + -ic.
  • As in pessimistic : adj expecting bad outcome
Example sentences :
  • She surrendered absolutely to fatalistic enjoyment of the gifts the gods had sent.
  • Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He chuckled softly and hideously to himself at the fatalistic idea.
  • Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • I was not in the least scared; on the contrary, I was filled with a kind of fatalistic rage.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • Being Mohammedans, they show a fatalistic bravery in battle.
  • Extract from : « The Great White Tribe in Filipinia » by Paul T. Gilbert
  • She handed her feelings over to the actors with a kind of fatalistic resignation.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • His face was set—afterwards I told myself it was fatalistic.
  • Extract from : « The Desert Drum » by Robert Hichens
  • Dantus indulged in a fatalistic shrug of his shoulders as he concluded.
  • Extract from : « The Copper-Clad World » by Harl Vincent
  • But neither is it fatalistic: it does not work by compulsory necessity.
  • Extract from : « Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding » by John Dewey
  • No puerile fear, no fatalistic paralysis restrained his understanding.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Susan Hale
  • But if he is cornered he fights with a terrible and fatalistic desperation.
  • Extract from : « Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War » by Frederick A. Talbot

Synonyms for fatalistic

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