fatalism

fatalism
fatalist, n.fatalistic, adj.fatalistically, adv.
/fayt"l iz'euhm/, n.
1. the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate: Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.
2. Philos. the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable predetermination.
[1670-80; FATAL + -ISM]

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