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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Fatalistic

Fa`tal*is"tic\, a. Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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