[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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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
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
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 f... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1093/
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 https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
(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 https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203