heterofatalism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We will hardly believe the historians when they tell us about the old days of #MeToo and heterofatalism."
- "“Marriage is hell” jokes are symptomatic of heterofatalism, just like incels who love to mock straight culture and caricature straight people but simultaneously can't imagine living outside of it."
- "As many feminist critics of the phenomenon point out, "heterofatalism" is a dangerously superficial, performative disavowal of straightness: it's more affective than effective, since it does not lead to changing the status quo, but only to reinforcing it."
- "Maybe this is the utility of “heterofatalism” — naming the bitter pill before we force ourselves to swallow it and put on a carefree smile. […] One thing heterofatalism reflects is a persistent lack of faith that those we desire will be able to recognize us as commensurately human."