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单词 fatalism
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Definition of fatalism in English:

fatalism

noun ˈfeɪt(ə)lɪz(ə)mˈfeɪdlˌɪzəm
mass noun
  • 1The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.

    宿命论

    fatalism can breed indifference to the human costs of war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A strong belief in fatalism, that things are meant to be exactly as they are, and the Islamic principal of giving to those in need, lends to the acceptance of social and economic inequality.
    • If we are to circumvent the immobilizing effects of political fatalism and cynicism, the political imagination must find a basis for hope in the future.
    • Previous efforts to understand attitudes toward early detection have sometimes assigned a significant role to the specific concept of cancer fatalism and fatalism generally.
    • In the end, the novel's central characters embrace a blend of classical and Shakespearean fatalism mixed with existential solipsism.
    • More disturbing is the movie's sentimental fatalism about the inevitability of violence.
    • The fatalism that goes with monism suits both her toughness and her optimism.
    • While the book has hints of exasperation and annoyance, it does not descend into fatalism or inevitability, always seeking to expose the basis of creative pathways for forestry.
    • The difference reflects the difference between an eschatology of kingdom transformation and hope versus an eschatology of inevitable deterioration and fatalism.
    • At this stage there is a cultural or philosophical change from fatalism and determinism towards entrepreneurship and the taking of risks.
    • The relationship between fatalism, spirituality, and health promoting behaviors in African American women must be further examined.
    • But the waves of pure love always have their own logic, rationality and fatalism.
    • Instead, it's a practical sort of fatalism that breeds a desire for death.
    • Free will rather than fatalism characterizes the operation of karma.
    • Waiting for the inevitable dose of fatalism this analogy provides is somewhat predicable but thoroughly enjoyable.
    • This isn't exactly despair, or fatalism, or condemnation, or stoicism.
    • The lack of historical consciousness breeds skepticism and fatalism.
    • Their fatalism, existential conflict and schizophrenia are very close to Greek tragedy.
    • People imbued with intensely tribal values often alternate between manic activism and depressed fatalism.
    • The play is one of the most potent amalgams of the Bard's keen psychological observation, tragic fatalism, and bitingly intelligent verbal and conceptual humor.
    1. 1.1 A submissive attitude to events, resulting from a fatalistic attitude.
      宿命论态度,听天由命的态度
      he experienced a sense of fatalism that kept his fear at bay
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By now, we may have expected a mood of depressed fatalism to have overtaken Britain.
      • You know, what I sense is a sense of fatalism and defeatism that I just reject.
      • This engendered a longing for normalcy, a sense of fatalism and passivity, but, ironically, also a willingness to take risks.
      • In such circumstances, cynicism, passivity and a sense of fatalism can influence public attitudes.
      • School violence is being assimilated into the broader sense of fatalism and passivity about the perpetration of violence in our nation and in our world.
      • But young Muslims, like Muslims of my generation, also have a sense of fatalism.
      • It's pretty hard to do it in a desert and against a sense of fatalism.
      • Recent hurricanes have swept on inexorably, bringing with them a range of responses - fear, alarm, stoicism, fatalism, and self-defence.
      • Evidence also was lacking to show that attitudes of acceptance, fatalism, or denial affected outcomes.
      • The new sense of vulnerability brought to it a kind of fatalism that was always part of the New York attitude.
      • However, when it comes to the medical profession, humour must be firmly based on reality, as it seriously strives to replace fatalism with optimism in the patients.
      • When it comes to American jobs and the global economy, the best words to sum up public attitudes are frustration and fatalism.
      • His eyewitness account describes the progressive stranglehold devised by the Turks and the sense of fatalism that developed within the city.
      • But when you talk to people, if you watch the television, if you listen to the radio, there's a real degree of acceptance, of fatalism.
      • The search is mostly conducted in silence, perhaps out of fatigue tempered by a grim sense of fatalism.
      • The film benefits from pared-down, naturalistic cinematography and performances, as well as a pervasive sense of fatalism.
      • A resulting sense of fatalism often reduced their motivation to protect their sexual health.
      • There is a sense of fatalism in his writings - Britain was set on this course and he could not do much about it.
      • The more widely this is known, the more it is likely to promote a sense of fatalism, as people ditch their diet or fall off the wagon and blame it on their genes.
      • There is a similar sense of fatalism in the way that many contemporary radicals view the USA.
      Synonyms
      passive acceptance, resignation, acceptance, acceptance of the inevitable, stoicism
      defeatism, pessimism, negativism, negative thinking, gloominess, doom and gloom, gloom
      predeterminism, predestinarianism, necessitarianism, fate, fatedness

Derivatives

  • fatalist

  • noun ˈfeɪtəlɪstˈfeɪd(ə)lɪst
    • I'm a fatalist and I believe that once you are up there, there's nothing you can do.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yes, optimists should stand aside, but fatalists should, too.
      • Players fell into three groups: moralists, pragmatists, and fatalists.
      • Jeremy, an incurable fatalist, is convinced he's destined to marry her.
      • This position is acceptable to fatalists, but I prefer to keep my shoes clean!

Definition of fatalism in US English:

fatalism

nounˈfeɪdlˌɪzəmˈfādlˌizəm
  • 1The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.

    宿命论

    fatalism can breed indifference to the human costs of war
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If we are to circumvent the immobilizing effects of political fatalism and cynicism, the political imagination must find a basis for hope in the future.
    • Free will rather than fatalism characterizes the operation of karma.
    • The relationship between fatalism, spirituality, and health promoting behaviors in African American women must be further examined.
    • The fatalism that goes with monism suits both her toughness and her optimism.
    • The difference reflects the difference between an eschatology of kingdom transformation and hope versus an eschatology of inevitable deterioration and fatalism.
    • While the book has hints of exasperation and annoyance, it does not descend into fatalism or inevitability, always seeking to expose the basis of creative pathways for forestry.
    • But the waves of pure love always have their own logic, rationality and fatalism.
    • People imbued with intensely tribal values often alternate between manic activism and depressed fatalism.
    • The play is one of the most potent amalgams of the Bard's keen psychological observation, tragic fatalism, and bitingly intelligent verbal and conceptual humor.
    • Instead, it's a practical sort of fatalism that breeds a desire for death.
    • More disturbing is the movie's sentimental fatalism about the inevitability of violence.
    • Their fatalism, existential conflict and schizophrenia are very close to Greek tragedy.
    • A strong belief in fatalism, that things are meant to be exactly as they are, and the Islamic principal of giving to those in need, lends to the acceptance of social and economic inequality.
    • The lack of historical consciousness breeds skepticism and fatalism.
    • In the end, the novel's central characters embrace a blend of classical and Shakespearean fatalism mixed with existential solipsism.
    • This isn't exactly despair, or fatalism, or condemnation, or stoicism.
    • At this stage there is a cultural or philosophical change from fatalism and determinism towards entrepreneurship and the taking of risks.
    • Waiting for the inevitable dose of fatalism this analogy provides is somewhat predicable but thoroughly enjoyable.
    • Previous efforts to understand attitudes toward early detection have sometimes assigned a significant role to the specific concept of cancer fatalism and fatalism generally.
    1. 1.1 A submissive outlook, resulting from a fatalistic attitude.
      he experienced a sense of fatalism that kept his fear at bay
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Evidence also was lacking to show that attitudes of acceptance, fatalism, or denial affected outcomes.
      • The more widely this is known, the more it is likely to promote a sense of fatalism, as people ditch their diet or fall off the wagon and blame it on their genes.
      • The new sense of vulnerability brought to it a kind of fatalism that was always part of the New York attitude.
      • In such circumstances, cynicism, passivity and a sense of fatalism can influence public attitudes.
      • There is a similar sense of fatalism in the way that many contemporary radicals view the USA.
      • But when you talk to people, if you watch the television, if you listen to the radio, there's a real degree of acceptance, of fatalism.
      • The search is mostly conducted in silence, perhaps out of fatigue tempered by a grim sense of fatalism.
      • By now, we may have expected a mood of depressed fatalism to have overtaken Britain.
      • There is a sense of fatalism in his writings - Britain was set on this course and he could not do much about it.
      • You know, what I sense is a sense of fatalism and defeatism that I just reject.
      • But young Muslims, like Muslims of my generation, also have a sense of fatalism.
      • A resulting sense of fatalism often reduced their motivation to protect their sexual health.
      • It's pretty hard to do it in a desert and against a sense of fatalism.
      • However, when it comes to the medical profession, humour must be firmly based on reality, as it seriously strives to replace fatalism with optimism in the patients.
      • Recent hurricanes have swept on inexorably, bringing with them a range of responses - fear, alarm, stoicism, fatalism, and self-defence.
      • His eyewitness account describes the progressive stranglehold devised by the Turks and the sense of fatalism that developed within the city.
      • When it comes to American jobs and the global economy, the best words to sum up public attitudes are frustration and fatalism.
      • The film benefits from pared-down, naturalistic cinematography and performances, as well as a pervasive sense of fatalism.
      • School violence is being assimilated into the broader sense of fatalism and passivity about the perpetration of violence in our nation and in our world.
      • This engendered a longing for normalcy, a sense of fatalism and passivity, but, ironically, also a willingness to take risks.
      Synonyms
      passive acceptance, resignation, acceptance, acceptance of the inevitable, stoicism
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