FATALISM

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


Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• determinism

• predestination

• predeterminism

Antonyms

• 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



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