fatalist:
(plural: ‘fatalists‘)
‘fate’ = an imaginary power or cause which is outside (beyond) human control, usually believed to be designed at the time of one’s birth
a person who believes that events in one’s life happen the way they do because they are decided by fate and are outside his/her control, and they or the destiny/end of a person cannot be changed or altered,
Clint Eastwood, Hollywood actor and fatalist
e.g.
Sam is a typical fatalist; he doesn’t even try to achieve anything because he believes in failure.
Some experts on world economy believe that if there is no economic growth in a country for quite a long time, the people of that country are sure to become fatalists.
According to a philosopher, a fatalist accepts death more readily than an ordinary person because of the belief that everything, including his/her death, is predetermined!
Some people who are anti-fatalism say loudly that fatalists are defeatists who have no courage to face challenges.
For a serious piece of writing about what a fatalist is, please click here, for an informative religious (Christian) article, with an excellent audio clip, that tries to show the difference between fatalists and determinists, please click here, for a news article about a fatalist admitting that he’s a fatalist, please click here, for an item of health news that shows us how we come across this word in our daily news, please click here and for a news article that shows us how this word is used in our everyday life, please click here.
