fatalism
Belief in predetermination
Fatalism is the belief that events are fixed in advance and human effort cannot change them.
A fatalist accepts outcomes as inevitable: With a fatalist's shrug, she said whatever happens, happens.
The term often carries connotations of passive resignation or refusal to struggle against circumstances.
Fatalistic describes this attitude: His fatalistic outlook kept him from even trying.
Doctrine of causal necessity
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- pessimismExpecting unfavorable outcomes
existentialism · theodicy · teleology · metaphysics · Calvinist · Spinoza · Schopenhauer · Marcus Aurelius
Preordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- predestinedDecided in advance
preordination · karma · lot · portion · doom · oracle · prophecy · augury
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- submissionYielding to another's will
- yieldingBending under pressure
passivity · defeatism · hopelessness · apathy · indifference · stoicism · equanimity · composure
Impossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
immutable · unalterable · irrevocable · fixed · certain · necessity · determinism · predetermination
Total civilizational collapse
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- RagnarokNorse end of days
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
destruction · annihilation · extinction · collapse · ruin · perdition · judgment · damnation
determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
pessimism · existentialism · theodicy · teleology · metaphysics · Calvinist · Spinoza · Schopenhauer · Marcus Aurelius · Ecclesiastes
kismet
Preordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
predestined · preordination · karma · lot · portion · doom · oracle · prophecy · augury · divination
resignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- submissionYielding to another's will
yielding · passivity · defeatism · hopelessness · apathy · indifference · stoicism · equanimity · composure · serenity
inescapable
Impossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
unchangeable · immutable · unalterable · irrevocable · fixed · certain · necessity · determinism · predetermination · compulsion
apocalypse
Total civilizational collapse
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- RagnarokNorse end of days
end times · destruction · annihilation · extinction · collapse · ruin · perdition · judgment · damnation · eschatology
- bad attitudesnegativity, cynicism, pessimism, hostility, contempt
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- outlookoptimism, pessimism, outlook, worldview, perspective
- philosophiesempiricism, stoicism, nihilism, idealism, materialism
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
fatalismfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
libertarianism · indeterminism · voluntarism · self-determination · agency
fatalismself-efficacy
Belief in one's capabilities
empowerment · proactivity · activism · optimism · initiative
fatalismoptimism
Tendency to expect good
hopefulness · hope · utopianism · positive thinking · engagement
- fatality rateProportion of deaths occurring
- traffic fatalitiesDeaths from vehicle collisions
- case fatality rateDeaths divided by diagnoses