Definition of "fatalism" []

• The doctrine that all events are predetermined by fate and are therefore unalterable. (noun)
• Acceptance of the belief that all events are predetermined and inevitable. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I learned the word fatalism at a young age and after I got over the idea that it meant something about death, I grew very attached to it."
• "At the same time, fatalism is not an essential precondition."
• "But with the resignation of her faith, which some call fatalism, and with the obedience which German life demands from all women, even those of the highest station, she had accepted her destiny."