单词 | fatality |
释义 | fatalityn. 1. a. The quality or condition of being predetermined by or subject to fate or destiny; subjection to fate, as attributed to the universe generally; the agency of fate or necessity, conceived as determining the course of events. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] weirdc888 whatec1200 fortunea1300 cuta1340 destinyc1374 fatec1374 destin1590 jade1594 fatalitya1631 ananke1860 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination foresettinga1300 destiningc1300 ordainingc1350 ordinationc1450 pre-ordinance1486 destinacy1490 predestination?1503 pre-ordination1527 foreordinance1530 predefinition?1548 fore-appointing1589 destination1598 ordainment1605 foreordination1620 predeterminationa1628 fatalitya1631 destinating1633 predesignationa1641 foreordaining1667 preordainmenta1847 pre-appointment1850 pre-election1860 foreordainment1879 providentialism1927 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 165 We banish from thence, all imaginary fatality. 1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 29 in Scepsis Scientifica To suppose every action of the Will to depend upon a previous Appetite or Passion, is to destroy our Liberty, and to inferr a Stoical Fatality. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 7 The Will of Man..may contract upon it self such Necessities and Fatalities, as it cannot upon a suddain rid it self of at pleasure. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 13 The blind impulses of Fatality and Fortune. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 276 Marriages are governed..by an over-ruling fatality. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vi. 105 A Fatality, supposed consistent with what we certainly experience, does not destroy the Proof of an intelligent Author and Governor of Nature. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 264 An irresistible force, a something we cannot explain nor account for its existence..we call a Fatality. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability unavoidableness1599 unescapableness1610 inevitablenessa1631 inavoidableness1640 indeclinableness1648 inevitability1649 fatation1652 uninterruptibleness1654 necessitude1677 fatality1699 resistlessness1794 unavoidability1858 unpreventableness1884 ineluctability1943 inescapability1945 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > destiny or fate whatec1200 gracec1325 destiny1340 portionc1350 sortc1405 weird1508 dolec1520 foredoom1563 fate1667 destinate1675 fatality1699 kismet1849 ultimatum1861 foredestiny1872 ming1937 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 299 There was..a kind of Fatality in his Errors. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk (1869) 2nd Ser. iv. 83 There is a fatality about our affairs. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 61 The Viceroy..as fatality would have it, was struck. c. A decree of fate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > a decree of fate ordinance1340 weirda1400 pre-ordinance1486 foreordinance1530 fore-purpose1551 ordainment1605 foreordination1620 fatality1763 1763 A. Tucker Freewill §42. 192 If he sows oats in his field, does he think anything of a fatality against his reaping wheat or barley? d. That which a person or thing is fated to; a destined condition or position, a destiny. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > destiny or fate > a destiny weirdc725 sorta1325 fatality1589 fate1768 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot lotOE chance1297 fallc1300 weirds1320 cuta1340 fatec1374 vie1377 parta1382 foredoom1563 event1577 allotment1586 fatality1589 kincha1600 lines1611 fortunea1616 dispensation1704 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. sig. ivv I tooke them both for a good boding, and very fatallitie to her Maiestie. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xxix. 408 Our fatalitie, which it lieth not in vs to avoide or advance. 1648 P. Sterry Clouds 35 He cannot discerne..the Fatality of Persons and Kingdomes. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables 95 All the Father's Precaution could not Secure the Son from the Fatality of Dying by a Lyon. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White x. 52 A fatality that it was hopeless to avoid. e. Used for: Belief in fatality; fatalism. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > fatalism fatality1673 fatalism1678 predestinationism1874 1673 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis 12 I do not find him..charged with Fatality. 2. The condition of being doomed by fate; predestined liability to disaster. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > condition of being doomed to disaster fatality1654 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination > to disaster predamnation1626 fatality1654 1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 116 Ther is a strange fatality..attends all our intentiones and designes. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. viii. 52 There [is] a fatality attending every measure you are concerned in. 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill iii. v A sad fatality had attended her family. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 190 The fatality attending an accursed house. 3. The quality of causing death or disaster; fatalness; a fatal influence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [noun] grievousness1303 noyfulnessa1398 fatality1490 harmfulnessa1586 balefulness1590 illnessc1595 offensiveness1618 disserviceableness1635 injuriousness1649 fatalness1652 noxiousness1655 prejudicialness1655 deleteriousness1758 vice1837 disutility1879 nocuousness1894 disvalue1925 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality > extreme balea1000 malicea1382 deadlinessc1450 fatality1490 maliciousness1555 virulency1651 fatalness1652 contagium1654 virulentness1727 outrage1735 virulence1748 1490 Arte & Crafte to knowe well to Dye (Caxton) 21 Sathanas wyth all his cruelle fatallytees. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 208 7. times 9. or the yeare of sixty three..is conceived to carry with it, the most considerable fatality . View more context for this quotation 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 15 Love and Death have their Fatalities. 1793 E. Darwin in T. Beddoes Let. to E. Darwin 62 Young men and women..if they knew the general fatality of their disease..would despond. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 185 Thy beauty hath fatality. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xx. 245 The insidious fatality of hot countries. 4. a. A disastrous event; a calamity, misfortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > dreadful or severe tragedy1509 calamity1552 disaster1567 fatality1648 stroke1686 catastrophe1748 tragic1847 big one1978 meltdown1979 1648 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 19 This was the tragedy of Tuesday..Since this fatality, some talk of an inclination in Surrey to associate. 1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery in Wks. I. 463 Their interviews are usually solemnized with some fatality and disaster. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 254 (note) Fatalities to which the human race is liable. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. v. 83 A long series of fatalities ended in the wreck of two ships. b. A disaster resulting in death; a fatal accident or occurrence. attributive, as fatality figure, fatality rate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > fatal accident fatality1840 the world > life > death > [noun] > death-rate mortality1621 death rate1849 death toll1864 fatality rate1897 1840 R. H. Barham Look at Clock in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 56 The shocking fatality Ran over, like wild-fire, the whole Principality. 1861 Times 7 Oct. The only fatalities were the five above mentioned, while a large number were more or less injured. 1897 Daily News 8 Jan. 6/2 What is called the fatality rate, that is to say, the proportion of deaths to cases, varies considerably in the case of diphtheria. 1912 Maclean's Feb. 433 The ‘fatality’ figures in Toronto..are as follows. 1966 Lancet 24 Dec. 1372/2 The daily fatality-rate..shows a peak on the second day in all the groups. 1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 27/1 The most likely explanation seemed to be a change in the fatality-rate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1490 |
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