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FATALIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

Synonyms:

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fatalist" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

Derivation:

fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)

fatalist (of or relating to fatalism)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to fatalism

Example:

fatalistic thinking

Synonyms:

fatalist; fatalistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)

Derivation:

fatalist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)

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