Look up: fatalism

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   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.
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   fatalism
   [n] - a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
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   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...
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   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.
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   fatalism
   noun a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
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   Fatalism
   `Fatalism` is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all events or actions to fate or inevitable predetermination. Fatalism generally refers to several of the following ideas: #That free will does not exist, meaning therefore that history has progressed in the only manner possible. This belief is very similar to determinism. #That actions are free, but nevertheless work toward an inevitable end. This belief is very similar to co...
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   Fatalism
   • (n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
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   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 attitude of resignation and passivity that results from the b...
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   Fatalism
   (Lat. fatalis, fatal) Determinism, especially in its theological form which asserts that all human activities are predetermined by God. Sec Determinism. -- L.W.
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