Fatalism

['feɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or ['fetəlɪzəm]

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

(noun.) a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable.

弗朗辛校对--From WordNet

(n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

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