n. fate, fatality, the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or come or go by inevitable predetermination.
n. A disposition to regard everything as the result of or predetermined by fate; the acceptance of all conditions and events as inevitable.
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n. a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
n. a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
Word Usage
"I learned the word fatalism at a young age and after I got over the idea that it meant something about death, I grew very attached to it."