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Noun: fatalism  'fey-tu-li-zum
  1. A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
     
  2. A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

Derived forms: fatalisms

See also: fatalist, fatalistic

Type of: acceptance, credence, determinism

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