fatalistn.adj.
/ˈfeɪtl̩ɪst/, /ˈfeɪtəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈfeɪdl̩ᵻst/ A. n.
1. One who holds the doctrine of fatalism; one who believes that all things happen by inevitable necessity.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > fatalism > one who believes in
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1650 R. Gell Αγγελοκρατια Θεου 38 The most notorious Fatalists.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 105 They [the ancients] were generally fatalists.
1887 T. Fowler Princ. Morals ii. ix The Fatalist, as distinguished from the Determinist, imagines himself to be completely at the mercy of some external power.
2. One whose conduct is regulated by fatalism; one who accepts every event as an inevitable necessity.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > fatalism > submission to fate > one who regulates his conduct by
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1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 127 It is commonly known that the Turks are Fatalists.
1761 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan iii. 121 Those who know what strong fatalists these eastern people are.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 185 The confidence which the heroic fatalist placed in his high destiny.
1883 ‘Ouida’ Wanda I. 202 ‘What a fatalist you are.’
B. adj.
= fatalistic adj.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fatalistic
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1847 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life II. xiii. 213 Every Fatalist..scheme destroys merit.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 16 He preached ‘higher doctrine’, i.e., more fatalist and antinomian than his gentler colleague.
1865 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 403 The fatalist resignation..now quieted him.
1874 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World (1878) ii. ii. 513 The moral basis of society lies in a fatalist submission.
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