fatalism

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Definitions

noun

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.

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Synonyms

determinism predestination predeterminism fatality fate inevitability misfortune doom fortuitism probabiliorism naturalism functionalism metaphysics absolutism contingentism dynamism doctrine of necessity causalism

Antonyms

free will freedom indeterminism

Associated

passivity destiny happen theological argument belief philosophical doctrine moral struggle

Rhymes

altruism skepticism mechanism despotism dynamism organism schism magnetism hedonism egotism

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