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fatalism
noun
    1. The philosophical doctrine that all events are controlled by fate, and happen by unavoidable necessity, so that humans cannot control them.
      Thesaurus: determinism, inexorability, inevitability, predestination.
    2. The acceptance of or surrender to this doctrine.
      Thesaurus: acceptance, passivity, resignation.
    3. Lack of effort in the face of threatened difficulty or disaster.
Derivative: fatalist
noun
    Derivative: fatalistic
    adj
      Derivative: fatalistically
      adverb
        Etymology: 17c: fatal + -ism.



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