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fatalism

[feyt-l-iz-uh

noun

the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.

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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Example Sentences

Our current economic discourse is pervaded by fatalism.

Fatalism only ensures that that tide does not turn sooner.

Italians of all ages feel a weary fatalism after a decade of almost no economic growth.

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Our current economic discourse is pervaded by fatalism.

Fatalism only ensures that that tide does not turn sooner.

Italians of all ages feel a weary fatalism after a decade of almost no economic growth.

And from vulnerability there has emerged a tough fatalism.

It went to air with this sense of fatalism on the part of the network.

Because coal mining is the riskiest of heavy industrial jobs, it has nutured a pervasive fatalism.

Advertising is ubiquitous, and fatalism rules: condoms are about as popular as seatbelts.

Fatalism may be a natural response to forces that seem beyond our control.

Proliferation fatalism and deterrence optimism reinforce each other in a disturbing way.

There will always be a desire to push the boundries, despite the short-sightedness and fatalism of editors at this magazine.

Miners cope with the drumbeat of death with a reflexive fatalism.

Reactions to these alarming reports have varied from fatalism to urgent concern.

They mourn the victims of rogue crocodile attacks with grim fatalism.

The sheer sensory exuberance of the film at once subverts the fatalism of its story and lends it whatever credibility it has.

Charities are striving to turn around such fatalism.

But commentators who spread fatalism are part of the problem.

Lerner said, was a distaste for the predeterminists' fatalism.

Still, fatalism is only one piece of the puzzle here.

There are hints of the melancholy and fatalism that the composer seems to inspire in choreographers.

The second argument against fatalism is that there are new and relatively inexpensive techniques that might lessen the blow.

Yet fatalism about an unreformable state seems misguided.

Blakely, brings a mix of realism and fatalism to his post.

The presence of the handlers reinforces the fatalism of the drama.

But beneath his worldly facade lurks a streak of romantic fatalism.

Many gangsta rappers prophesy their own deaths with bravado or fatalism.

Troche, weaving them together, emphasizes the stringent fatalism that animates the writer's.

Call it, if the fatalism has become too much, inevitable.

To the detached observer the line between this cheerful fatalism and flirting with suicide seems imperceptible.

Charles's attempt to recast his mission, providing medical help to nearby villagers, is sabotaged by fatalism and poverty.

The economy boomed, and hope began to course through towns and villages shackled by fatalism and low expectations.

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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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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.

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