To make something seem inevitable or fated; to cause something to be perceived as predetermined or unable to be changed.
From 'fatal' combined with the verb-forming suffix '-ize'. This rare verb allows the concept of fatalism to become an active process—making something fatalistic rather than accepting it as such.
The verb 'fatalize' is fascinating because it suggests you can *create* fatalism in a situation through language and attitude—if you tell yourself something is inevitable often enough, you begin acting as though it is, making it so. Self-fulfilling prophecy as a linguistic act.
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