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单词 fatidic
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Definition of fatidic in English:

fatidic

adjective feɪˈtɪdɪkfəˈtɪdɪk
rare

  • Having a prophetic quality.

    this inadvertent statement may also be fatidic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For Heidegger, of course, Nietzsche was the fatidic Janus who, gazing forward, announced the death of metaphysics.
    • The latest fatidic “buzz” concerns 2012, but prophecies about the end of the world have existed as long as people have been on this planet.
    • Allied to the professional and vocational dreams are fatidic nightmares and menacing riddles.
    • The ancient Egyptian Magi observed another division of the year that was called the fatidic year and began at the vernal equinox.
    • On April 26, 1955, I received a call from a literary agent, a fatidic date, she said.
    Synonyms
    prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin fatidicus, from fatum 'fate' + -dicus (from dicere 'say').
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