fatalism

English

Etymology

From fatal +‎ -ism.

Noun

fatalism (countable and uncountable, plural fatalisms)

  1. (metaphysics, philosophy) 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.
    Synonyms: determinism, kismet, predestination, predeterminism
    Antonyms: free will, freedom, indeterminism
    • 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 July 2025:
      Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.

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See also

Are fate and choice compatible?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fatalisme.

Noun

fatalism n (uncountable)

  1. fatalism

Declension

Declension of fatalism
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fatalism fatalismul
genitive-dative fatalism fatalismului
vocative fatalismule

Swedish

Noun

fatalism c

  1. fatalism
    Synonym: ödestro

Declension

Declension of fatalism
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fatalism fatalisms
definite fatalismen fatalismens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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