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fatalism

fa·ta·lism

UK/ˈfeɪ.təl.ɪz.əm/ US/ˈfeɪtʌˌlɪzʌm/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From fatal + -ism.

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