Meaning & use
Fatalism
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The belief that all events are predetermined by fate and therefore inevitable, making human effort powerless to change them.
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His fatalism led him to accept defeat without even trying to fight it.
The novel explores the fatalism common in ancient Greek tragedy.
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Rooted in the Latin 'fatum,' meaning 'that which has been spoken' or destiny.
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