English Dictionary |
FATALISTIC
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does fatalistic mean?
• FATALISTIC (adjective)
The adjective FATALISTIC has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FATALISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to fatalism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
fatalist; fatalistic
Context example:
fatalistic thinking
Pertainym:
fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)
Derivation:
fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom." (English proverb)
"Half-truth is more dangerous than falsehood." (Bengali proverb)
"Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer." (Arabic proverb)
"Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin (a yarn)." (Danish proverb)
"Half-truth is more dangerous than falsehood." (Bengali proverb)
"Envy is a weight not placed by its bearer." (Arabic proverb)
"Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin (a yarn)." (Danish proverb)