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FATALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatalist mean? 

FATALIST (noun)
  The noun FATALIST has 1 sense:

1. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destinyplay

  Familiarity information: FATALIST used as a noun is very rare.


FATALIST (adjective)
  The adjective FATALIST has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to fatalismplay

  Familiarity information: FATALIST used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FATALIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist

Hypernyms ("fatalist" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

Derivation:

fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)

fatalist (of or relating to fatalism)


FATALIST (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to fatalism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

fatalist; fatalistic

Context example:

fatalistic thinking

Pertainym:

fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)

Derivation:

fatalist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)


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