FATALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatalist mean? 

• FATALIST (noun)
  The noun FATALIST has 1 sense:

1. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

  Familiarity information: FATALIST used as a noun is very rare.

• FATALIST (adjective)
  The adjective FATALIST has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to fatalism

  Familiarity information: FATALIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist

Hypernyms ("fatalist" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

Derivation:

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

fatalist (of or relating to fatalism)

• FATALIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to fatalism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

fatalist; fatalistic

Context example:

fatalistic thinking

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

fatalist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)