fatalism
/fˈeɪtəlɪzəm/
fatalism
English
Noun
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Definition
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
Etymology
From fatal + -ism.
Example Sentences
- "Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers."
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