fatalistic
adjective
fatalistic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to fatalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-T-A-L-I-S-T-I-C and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 5 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fatalistic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to fatalism.
- 2
Submissive to fate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fatalistic?
- US
Fatalistic has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-fatalistic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fatalistic
- more fatalistic comparative
- most fatalistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fatalistic?
Fatalistic appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fatalistic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | fatalistisch , schicksalsergeben |
| Portuguese | fatalista |
| Spanish | fatalista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fatalistic come from?
From fatalist + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).