fatalism
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatalism in British English:
UK [ˈfeɪtəlɪzəm]
How to pronounce fatalism in American English:
US [ˈfeɪtəlɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
Word Origin
- fatalism (n.)
- 1670s as a philosophical doctrine that all things are determined by fate, from fatal + -ism. Meaning "disposition to accept all conditions and events as inevitable" is from 1734.
Example
- 1. Not if it breeds reckless or hopeless fatalism .
- 2. If its leaders can take this on board and communicate it to the public , the sense of fatalism in the face of disaster , coupled to bureaucratic stasis and corruption , that so often inhibit innovation in the country can be challenged .
- 3. Fatalism held back cultural development .
- 4. Over the years fatalism has ripened through defeatism into despair .
- 5. But um muhammad warns not to mistake fear and fatalism for regret .