fatalistic.

Inclined to regard events as fixed by fate and resistant to personal action.

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Words that belong together

• fatalistic outlook
• fatalistic acceptance

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Her fatalistic response unsettled the volunteers.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more fatalistic; superlative most fatalistic when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.