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fatalistic

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fa⋅tal⋅ism

  [feyt-l-iz-uhm]
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–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
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fa·tal·ism   (fāt'l-ĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. The doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and are therefore unalterable.

  2. Acceptance of the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable.

fa'tal·ist n., fa'tal·is'tic adj., fa'tal·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

fatalism

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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