fatalism

noun

a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable

Roots

fatumfat- · Latin · thing spoken, destiny

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