Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A believer in fatalism; one who maintains the opinion that all things happen by inevitable predetermination.
- noun One whose conduct is controlled by belief in fatalism; one who accepts all the events and conditions of life as proceeding from or leading to an inevitable fate: as, Orientals are naturally fatalists.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
maintains that all things happen byinevitable necessity , a person who believes in fatalism.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
- adjective of or relating to fatalism
Etymologies
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Examples
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He calls the fatalist's question: "Can an Arabian steed submit to be a vile drudge?"
George Borrow The Man and His Books Edward Thomas 1897
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Dr. GOOLSBEE: Well, I certainly dont think we should adopt a kind of fatalist view that, you know, we were down in a deep hole, it's going to take us a while to get out so we should just give up.
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Dr. GOOLSBEE: Well, I certainly dont think we should adopt a kind of fatalist view that, you know, we were down in a deep hole, it's going to take us a while to get out so we should just give up.
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Dr. GOOLSBEE: Well, I certainly dont think we should adopt a kind of fatalist view that, you know, we were down in a deep hole, it's going to take us a while to get out so we should just give up.
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Dr. GOOLSBEE: Well, I certainly dont think we should adopt a kind of fatalist view that, you know, we were down in a deep hole, it's going to take us a while to get out so we should just give up.
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I've been a "fatalist" and I'm beginning to see the error in my ways and how this dark overview has robbed my life of much joy and possible adventure.
Lisa Guest: I Used to Be a Fatalist! Perhaps I Have a Choice? 2009
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Another term used to refer to people who see external forces as greatly determining their destiny is "fatalist," and Mexicans have often been labeled as being a great deal more fatalistic than Americans.
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Another term used to refer to people who see external forces as greatly determining their destiny is "fatalist," and Mexicans have often been labeled as being a great deal more fatalistic than Americans.
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Another term used to refer to people who see external forces as greatly determining their destiny is "fatalist," and Mexicans have often been labeled as being a great deal more fatalistic than Americans.
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Another term used to refer to people who see external forces as greatly determining their destiny is "fatalist," and Mexicans have often been labeled as being a great deal more fatalistic than Americans.
desilutrek commented on the word fatalist
i can't believe i've already stumbled onto a heretofore unlisted word. wow.
perhaps that should now make me less of a fatalist!
December 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word fatalist
Ah, it'll never last. ;->
December 21, 2007
bilby commented on the word fatalist
Nobody is listing fatalistically. Why don't you?
December 21, 2007
mollusque commented on the word fatalist
Fatalist, the place where all those words killed off by uselessness go. Poor ghosted orphlings.
December 21, 2007
bilby commented on the word fatalist
I was all excited when I woke up this morning about an idea to make a list of uselessness's ghosts. Then I realised that if I put them on a list they wouldn't be ghosts any more :-(
December 21, 2007
john commented on the word fatalist
Orphling, excellent word!
December 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word fatalist
Nobody is listing uselessness' ghosts. Why don't you? ;-)
December 21, 2007