fatalism
(noun) a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
fatalism
(noun) a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fatalism (countable and uncountable, plural fatalisms)
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them.
• determinism
• predestination
• predeterminism
• free will
• freedom
• indeterminism
Source: Wiktionary
Fa"tal*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fatalisme.]
Definition: The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
