fatalism
nounEtymology From fatal + -ism.
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
- Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025:
- Related terms
- amor fati, fatality, fate, compatibilism, incompatibilism