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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.
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Example Sentences
- Nair's understanding of this struggle seems rooted in a tolerant, fatalistic humanism.
- But the tone is of fatalistic humour, not anguished exasperation.
- Mouko seemed languid as well as sick, with little will to live, while the others had already turned fatalistic about his death.
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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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