FATALIST

fatalist, fatalistic

(adjective) of or relating to fatalism; “a fatalist person”; “fatalistic thinking”

fatalist, determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist

(noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fatalist (plural fatalists)

One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.

Anagrams

• fat tails

Source: Wiktionary


Fa"tal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fataliste.]

Definition: One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 May 2024

FATIGUE

(noun) (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something; “he was suffering from museum fatigue”; “after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue”; “the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue”; “political fatigue”


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