Synonyms for fatalism
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them.
Forms
- Plural
- fatalisms → determinisms, predestinations, kismets, predeterminisms…
Example sentences
- determinism Is the idea of free will compatible with determinism?
- predestination They adhere to the idea of predestination.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fatalism | steady | |
| determinism | rising | |
| predestination | rising | |
| kismet | rising | |
| predeterminism | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- kismet2
- 11 letters
- determinism5
- 14 letters
- predestination5, predeterminism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (kismet2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fatalisme
- Italiano
- fatalismo
- Español
- fatalismo
- Deutsch
- Fatalismus