fatalism

英 ['feɪtəlɪzəm] 美 ['feɪtəlɪzəm]

• n. 宿命论

英英释义

Noun:

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

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. It is very easy to confuse hard-determinism with fatalism .
   很容易将刚性决定论与宿命论混淆起来。
2. The historicist view of social development does not imply fatalism.
   历史决定论关于社会发展的观点并不意味着宿命论。

近反义词

【近义词】

• resignation 辞职
• passivity 被动
• acceptance 认可
• stoicism 禁欲主义
• pessimism 悲观
• defeatism 失败主义
• despondency 失去勇气
• despair 绝望