credence vs fatalism
fatalism vs credencecredence and fatalism both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| credence | Yes | No | No | No |
| fatalism | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
fatalism is a hyponym of
credence; that is, fatalism is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
credence:
- credence: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- fatalism: a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
Other hyponyms of credence include
recognition.
| credence (noun) | fatalism (noun) |
|---|---|
| a kind of sideboard or buffet | a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them |
| the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true | a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable |
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