fatalist
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatalist in British English:
UK ['feɪtəlɪst]
How to pronounce fatalist in American English:
US ['feɪtəlɪst]
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- Noun:
- anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
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- Adjective:
- believing in or inclined to fatalism
- relating to or implying fatalism
Word Origin
- fatalist (n.)
- 1640s, adherent of the philosophical doctrine that all things are determined by fate; from fatal + -ist. General sense of "one who accepts every condition and event as inevitable" is from 1734.
Example
- 1. But when people view power structures as capricious and dangerous , they tend to be fatalist .
- 2. The determinist , or should that be fatalist , view of history says we should not be surprised .
- 3. Our " modern " society might not be as good at predicting risk as we tell ourselves , but that does not mean we should be fatalist in a " pre-modern " sense .
- 4. And because of this , the german businessman has become a fatalist ; he does not believe that the new rules will work out well , yet he knows that he cannot alter the course of events .