fatalism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
  2. noun a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

WordNet


Fa"tal*ism noun
Etymology
Cf. F. fatalisme.
Definitions
  1. The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

Webster 1913