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Vinony

fatalism

noun

  1. philosophical doctrine emphasising the subjugation of all events or actions to fate
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English fatal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English fatalism From fatal + -ism.

  1. 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.”