'Fatalism' definitions:

Definition of 'fatalism'

From: WordNet
noun
A submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
noun
A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

Definition of 'Fatalism'

From: GCIDE
  • Fatalism \Fa"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. fatalisme.] The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity. [1913 Webster]