Associations to the word «Fatalism»

Wiktionary

FATALISM, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

FATALISM, noun. A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable.
FATALISM, noun. A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them.

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