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Look up: fatalism

  1. fatalism
    [Noun] A belief that we have no control over future events.
    Example: The suicide bombers carried out their mission fired up with a sense of fatalism and belief in their own destiny.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. fatalism
    [n] - a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. fatalism
    The view that the future is fixed, irrespective of our attempts to affect it. Seldom held as a philosophical doctrine, fatalism has been influential...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. Fatalism
    Fa'tal·ism noun [ Confer French fatalisme .] The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/11

  5. fatalism
    noun a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Fatalism
    • (n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. fatalism
    fatalism 1. The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable. A submissive attitude to events, resulting from such a a belief. 2. A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them. 3. An at...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Fatalism
    (Lat. fatalis, fatal) Determinism, especially in its theological form which asserts that all human activities are predetermined by God. Sec Determinism. -- L.W.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/f.html

  9. Fatalism
    `Fatalism` is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all events or actions to accessdate=December 2, 2010-->--> Included in this is that man has no power to influence the future, or indeed, his own actions.<ref name="jstor"/> This belief is very similar to predeterminis...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatalism



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