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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
Karl Liebknecht

Meaning of "fatalism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FATALISM

fatalism  [ˈfeɪtəˌlɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FATALISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fatalism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FATALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fatalism

Fatalism

Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine stressing the subjugation of all events or actions to fate. Fatalism generally refers to any of the following ideas: ▪ The view that we are powerless to do anything other than what we actually do. Included in this is that man has no power to influence the future, or indeed, his own actions. This belief is very similar to predeterminism. ▪ An attitude of resignation in the face of some future event or events which are thought to be inevitable. Friedrich Nietzsche named this idea with "Turkish fatalism" in his book The Wanderer and His Shadow. ▪ That actions are free, but nevertheless work toward an inevitable end. This belief is very similar to compatibilist predestination. ▪ That acceptance is appropriate, rather than resistance against inevitability. This belief is very similar to defeatism.

Definition of fatalism in the English dictionary

The first definition of fatalism in the dictionary is the philosophical doctrine that all events are predetermined so that man is powerless to alter his destiny. Other definition of fatalism is the acceptance of and submission to this doctrine. Fatalism is also a lack of effort or action in the face of difficulty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FATALISM


brutalism
ˈbruːtəˌlɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
colonialism
kəˈləʊnɪəˌlɪzəm
formalism
ˈfɔːməˌlɪzəm
imperialism
ɪmˈpɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
liberalism
ˈlɪbərəˌlɪzəm
literalism
ˈlɪtərəˌlɪzəm
materialism
məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
minimalism
ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm
nationalism
ˈnæʃənəˌlɪzəm
Orientalism
ˌɔːrɪˈɛntəˌlɪzəm
photojournalism
ˌfəʊtəʊˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
realism
ˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
socialism
ˈsəʊʃəˌlɪzəm
surrealism
səˈrɪəˌlɪzəm
symbolism
ˈsɪmbəˌlɪzəm
vandalism
ˈvændəˌlɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FATALISM

fat stock
fat tail
fat tax
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fat-finger
fat-free
fat-soluble
Fata Morgana
Fatah
fatal
fatalist
fatalistic
fatalistically
fatalities
fatality
fatally
fatalness
fatback
fatbird
fatbrained

WORDS THAT END LIKE FATALISM

alcoholism
cannibalism
citizen journalism
communalism
environmentalism
factionalism
federalism
fundamentalism
idealism
individualism
industrialism
initialism
intellectualism
multiculturalism
multilateralism
mutualism
pastoralism
photorealism
pluralism
spiritualism
traditionalism

Synonyms and antonyms of fatalism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FATALISM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fatalism» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fatalism

Translation of «fatalism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FATALISM

Find out the translation of fatalism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fatalism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fatalism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

宿命论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fatalismo
570 millions of speakers

English

fatalism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भाग्यवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القدرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фатализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fatalismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অদৃষ্টবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fatalisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fatalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fatalismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運命論
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

숙명론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fatalism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuyết định mạng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விதிவசவாதமும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नियतकालिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kadercilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fatalismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fatalizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фаталізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fatalism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοιρολατρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fatalisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fatalism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fatalisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fatalism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FATALISM»

The term «fatalism» is normally little used and occupies the 108.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FATALISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fatalism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fatalism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fatalism

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7 QUOTES WITH «FATALISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fatalism.
1
Peter Ackroyd
The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.
2
Natalie Clifford Barney
Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.
3
Herbert Croly
I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism, fatalism, and conservatism.
4
Jessica Hagedorn
I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful term that's just been used so much, we don't know what it means anymore.
5
Karl Liebknecht
Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
6
Ferdinand Marcos
The challenge to Asia is to discard the dry, meatless bone of mysticism and fatalism.
7
David Viscott
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FATALISM»

Discover the use of fatalism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fatalism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fatalism and Development: Nepal's Struggle for Modernization
The book concentrates on the social and cultural factors which lie behind the current Nepal crisis locating the root cause in the Brahmin-Chhetri minority which dominates Kathmandu and other towns.
Dor Bahadur Bista, 1991
2
Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy
In this book Robert Pippin argues that many of these films also raise distinctly philosophical questions.
Robert B. Pippin, 2012
3
Fatalism in ancient India
Study on fate and fatalism from the perspectives of religions.
Sukumari Bhattacharji, 1995
4
Inevitability: determinism, fatalism, and destiny
"Choice" This book examines the ways in which human beings seek to cope with uncertainty by means of doctrines that postulate degrees of inevitability. These doctrines originate in natural science, social science, philosophy, and religion.
Leonard William Doob, 1988
5
The End of the World as We Know it: Faith, Fatalism, and ...
This wide-ranging collection deals with the dilemmas of union radicalism, the obstacles to institutional change within organized labor, and strategies for securing workers' rights in the new global economy.
Daniel Wojcik, 1999
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Development of a Multidimensional Fatalism Measure
A study done by Esparza and Wiebe (2006) retrieved 29 scales, including the most frequently used scales, and performed an exploratory factor analysis, obtaining as a result five factors: ineluctable destiny, helplessness, internality, luck, ...
Oscar Armando Esparza, 2008
7
Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Arab ...
CRC, or when fatalism was added to the model of perceived benefits of and barriers to CRC screening. As such, the analyses does not support the proposed postulation that fatalism may play a mediating role between the main concepts of the ...
Amjad Ibrahim Khawaldeh, 2008
8
The Influence of Religiosity, Spirituality, and Cancer ...
Brown, and Conrad (1996) reported higher cancer fatalism scores in African Americans compared to Caucasians and in women compared to men. The researchers based their report on survey data from 600 participants, 68% of whom were ...
Mary Magee Gullatte, 2008
9
Fatalism, Fear, and Prostate Cancer Screening in African ...
African American men have the highest incidence and mortality rates for prostate cancer, but are least likely to participate in prostate cancer screening.
Lisa Kukkamaa Christman, 2008
10
Social Class and the Division of Labour: Essays in Honour of ...
Fatalism: Durkheim's hidden theory of order DAVID LOCKWOOD I The significance of Durkheim's concept of fatalism is wholly unappreciated. The idea is seldom discussed and then only in relation to the study of suicide.1 Unlike anomie, ...
Anthony Giddens, Gavin MacKenzie, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FATALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fatalism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cartel Land: Mexican drug trafficking doc compels with heroic …
... back between the Mexican and American stories, Heineman settles for a dark poetic fatalism, bookending his film with an eerie night scene, ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
2
How the GOP Can Neutralize the Donald Trump Threat
The celebrity candidate has leveraged his name recognition and tapped into a sense of economic fatalism among Americans who have borne ... «Commentary Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Mist-clearing: Bongbong Marcos should enter the race
It is a form of fatalism, and a prayer for providence to anoint them as the one. But in the real world of politics, destiny does not drive the ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
4
'Pippin' is a bit of Vegas, a bit of Cirque du Soleil .. and a whole lotta …
... up and bedazzled like a Vegas burlesque, the national tour of 'Pippin' combines the atmosphere of Cirque du Soleil with a dark fatalism. «Dallas Voice, Jul 15»
5
Storm Warning in the South China Sea
... in connection with the current situation in the South China Sea, because I am worried about a sense of inevitability setting in, an easy fatalism ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Rajathan govt's proposal for school education is 'misguided': Letter …
... additional investment in the schooling system in the state and not a false feeling of fatalism that change is not possible," says the letter. 2. «Times of India, Jul 15»
7
Kenyans Will Drink, Just Stop Them Taking Poison
There is almost a fatalism among the young men who consume these illicit drinks. They are sold at a price that even the poor can afford. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
Do no harm: There's an infection hospitals can nearly always …
The easy response to this tragedy would have been fatalism: It's extraordinarily rare for a pilot to commit murder-suicide in the cockpit, but if he ... «Vox, Jul 15»
9
Why Wasn't This Town Prepared When the Big Tornado Hit?
Lack of funds and the fatalism of the town's inhabitants meant that little was done to protect the town against future storms. So, on May 20th ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
10
Perry: 'sharpen your project-cost pencils and make every pound count'
... Perry said the challenges were: “significant financial constraints”; “finding enough people to make the rail renaissance happen”; and “fatalism ... «RAIL magazine, Jul 15»

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