fatalistic
Believing destiny decides
Fatalistic describes an attitude of resignation to fate—a belief that events are predetermined and resistance is futile.
A fatalistic person accepts outcomes as inevitable rather than fighting to change them: She had a fatalistic view of her illness.
The word often carries a negative connotation, suggesting passivity or defeatism: His fatalistic shrug suggested he'd already given up.
Yielded to circumstances
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- passiveNot actively participating
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
apathetic · indifferent · submissive · acquiescent · yielding · hopeless · despairing · defeated
Dark and dispiriting
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- darkAbsence of light
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
- despairingCompletely without hope
hopeless · nihilistic · cynical · somber · grim · despondent · defeatist · dire
Unavoidable grim fate
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- preordainedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- star-crossedDoomed by destiny
ill-fated · cursed · prophesied · omens · portents · harbingers · inescapable · sealed
Established beforehand
- predestinedDecided in advance
- inevitableCertain to occur
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- fixedRestored or immovable
immutable · unalterable · unchangeable · irreversible · inescapable · certain · necessary · causation
Doctrine of causal necessity
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- pessimismExpecting unfavorable outcomes
karma · providence · kismet · theological · philosophical
resigned
Yielded to circumstances
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- passiveNot actively participating
defeatist · apathetic · indifferent · submissive · acquiescent · yielding · hopeless · despairing · defeated · pessimistic
gloomy
Dark and dispiriting
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- darkAbsence of light
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
despairing · hopeless · nihilistic · cynical · somber · grim · despondent · defeatist · dire · dour
doom
Unavoidable grim fate
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- preordainedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
star-crossed · ill-fated · cursed · prophesied · omens · portents · harbingers · inescapable · sealed · written
predetermined
Established beforehand
- predestinedDecided in advance
- inevitableCertain to occur
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
fixed · immutable · unalterable · unchangeable · irreversible · inescapable · certain · necessary · causation · mechanistic
determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
pessimism · karma · providence · kismet · theological · philosophical
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- dramatic tonesintense, tense, suspenseful, ominous, foreboding
fatalisticproactive
Acting before problems arise
empowered · self-determining · self-determined · autonomous · self-directed