'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]