fatalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

fatalism fatalisms

Etymology

From fatal + -ism.

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