fatalism, determinism

fatalism, determinism
Fatalism is the belief (doctrine) that all events are in the control of fate, that everything is the result of inevitable advance arrangement. Fatalism also involves the acceptance of fate, a submission to all occurrences as bound to happen: "The soldier's fatalism helped him to face the prospect of death without terror." Determinism has a related but distinguishable meaning — all events and facts result from natural causes; all choices and decisions can be accounted for on the basis of sufficient cause: "Because of his faith in the doctrine of determinism, he felt that his lot in life had been settled by the conditions under which his grandparents lived."

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