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Fatalist

[feyt-l-iz-uhm]   Origin

fa·tal·ism

   [feyt-l-iz-uhm]
noun
1.
the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
2.
Philosophy. the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable predetermination.
Origin:
1670–80; fatal + -ism

Related forms
fa·tal·ist, noun
fa·tal·is·tic, adjective
fa·tal·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·fa·tal·is·tic, adjective
qua·si-fa·tal·is·tic, adjective
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qua·si-fa·tal·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·fa·tal·is·tic, adjective
un·fa·tal·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Can be confused: determinism, fatalism, necessitarianism.
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World English Dictionary
fatalism (ˈfeɪtəˌlɪzəm)
 
—n
1.  the philosophical doctrine that all events are predetermined so that man is powerless to alter his destiny
2.  the acceptance of and submission to this doctrine
3.  a lack of effort or action in the face of difficulty
 
'fatalist
 
—n
 
fatal'istic
 
—adj
 
fatal'istically
 
—adv

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Word Origin & History

fatalist
1640s, in reference to the philosophical doctrine that all things are determined by fate; from fatal + -ist. General sense of "one who accepts every event as inevitable" is from 1734. Related: Fatalism (1670s); fatalistic (1832).
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Cultural Dictionary

fatalism definition


The belief that events are determined by an impersonal fate and cannot be changed by human beings. Fatalism is a form of determinism.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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