Synonyms for fatalism
ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əmfa·tal·ism

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1. fatalismnoun

   Synonyms:
   predeterminism, predestination, determinism

   Antonyms:
   freedom, indeterminism, free will

2. fatalismnoun

   fate, fatality, 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.

   Synonyms:
   predeterminism, determinism, predestination

   Antonyms:
   indeterminism, free will, freedom

Princeton's WordNet

1. fatalismnoun

   a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable

2. fatalismnoun

   a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

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1. • Credence
   • Determinism

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1. Susan Clayton:

   The psychological responses to climate change such as conflict avoidance, fatalism, fear, helplessness and resignation are growing, these responses are keeping us, and our nation, from properly addressing the core causes of and solutions for our changing climate and from building and supporting psychological resiliency.

2. Natalie Clifford Barney:

   Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

3. Immanuel Kant, CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON:

   Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and skepticism, which are dangerous chiefly to the Schools, and hardly allow of being handed on to the public.

4. Jean de La Fontaine:

   To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.

5. Andrew Chesnut:

   They all have a very strong sense of fatalism, young people’s lives don’t last long when they’re surrounded by organized crime, so for these young women the only option is to fight. If they do it wisely, they can survive a lot longer than their male counterparts.