Fatalism \Fa"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. fatalisme.]
   The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that
   they take place by inevitable necessity.
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	fatalism
    n 1: a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of
         the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined
         and inevitable
    2: a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are
       predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are
       powerless to change them