Dictionary
fa•tal•ism
Pronunciation: (fāt'l-iz"um), [key]—
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.
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