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FATALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fatalism" is a kind of...):
determinism ((philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will)
Derivation:
fatalist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)
fatalistic (of or relating to fatalism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fatalism" is a kind of...):
acceptance; credence (the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true)
