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fatalist

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fa·tal·ism  (ftl-zm)
n.
1. The doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and are therefore unalterable.
2. Acceptance of the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable.
fatal·ist n.
fatal·istic adj.
fatal·isti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fatalist - anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist
necessitarian - someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
Adj.1.fatalist - of or relating to fatalism; "a fatalist person"
fatalistic
Translations
fatalist [ˈfeɪtəlɪst] N → fatalista mf
fatalist
n → Fatalist(in) m(f)
fatalist [ˈfeɪtəlɪst] n → fatalista m/f
fatalist [ˈfeɪtəlɪst] n → fatalista m/f


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"He is far too sensible a man," I thought, "to have become a Fatalist.
Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context
I might not have to use it, but I was fatalist enough to fancy that I should.
Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context
First I am a fatalist, and believe that my time is appointed to come quite without reference to my own movements and will, and that if I am to go to Suliman's Mountains to be killed, I shall go there and shall be killed.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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