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fatalism
noun
(fa-tal-ism)
a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
fatalism
noun
(fa-tal-ism)
a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable
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