Fatalist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity; a person who believes in fatalism.
"....it is that, with every day, my love for you increases—though that would seem to be almost an impossibility. Why should I not become a fatalist? Remember how, on the third day that we ascended the Shlangenberg, I was moved to whisper in your ear: 'Say but the word, and I will leap into the abyss.' Had you said it, I should have leapt. Do you not believe me?""
- 2 anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny wordnet
- 1 of or relating to fatalism wordnet
Example
More examples"....it is that, with every day, my love for you increases—though that would seem to be almost an impossibility. Why should I not become a fatalist? Remember how, on the third day that we ascended the Shlangenberg, I was moved to whisper in your ear: 'Say but the word, and I will leap into the abyss.' Had you said it, I should have leapt. Do you not believe me?""
Etymology
From fatal + -ist.
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