amor fati

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or at least necessary; associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Word forms

amor fati

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Latin amor fātī (literally “love of fate”).

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