fatalism Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
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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.Definitions
The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.