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fatalism

noun

Etymology

From fatal + -ism.

  1. derived from fātālis — “fatal”
  2. derived from fatal
  3. suffixed as fatalism — “fatal + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined…

    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.

    • Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA