fatalism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From fatal + -ism.

This often happens to them by some strange fatalism. — The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers, E. (Edith) Nesbit
It is not a doctrine of passivity or fatalism. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
The unexpected march of events had converted him to the doctrine of fatalism. — The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, Joseph Conrad

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