Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fatalism | Yes | No | No | No |
determinism | Yes | No | No | No |
fatalism (noun) | determinism (noun) |
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a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will |
a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable |