Fatalism - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfeɪtəlɪzəm|
Brit.
|ˈfeɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m|
noun
- a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
- a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
- a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
Extra examples
Many people seem to have developed a sense of fatalism about the war.
...after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor...
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