Fatalism
['feɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or ['fetəlɪzəm]
Definition
(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.
Edited by Francine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.
Typed by Brooke