fatalism

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fatalism

  • /ˈfeɪ.təl.ɪz.əm/

noun fatalisms

  1. countable, uncountable The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them. Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.

    Similar: determinism, kismet, predestination, predeterminism · Opposite: free will, freedom, indeterminism

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noun doctrine that all events are subject to fate

Españolfatalismo
한국어운명론 unmyeongnon, 숙명론 sungmyeongnon
中文宿命論 /宿命论 sùmìnglùn
Portuguêsfatalismo
Françaisfatalisme
DeutschFatalismus
Italianofatalismo
Ελληνικάφαταλισμός fatalismós, μοιρολατρία moirolatría
Românăfatalism
Русскийфатали́зм fatalízm

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@misc{fatalism_2026,
  title = {fatalism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fatalism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}