Fatalist (noun)

  1. A person who believes that events are determined in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them.
  2. A person who resigns themselves to fate and has a passive attitude toward the future.

Origin:

Late 17th century: from french fataliste, from fatal "fate".

Examples:

  1. She's a fatalist and believes that everything happens for a reason.
  2. He's a fatalist and doesn't believe in trying to change the future.
  3. The play is about a man who learns to embrace life rather than being a fatalist.
  4. Many people believe that a fatalist attitude can lead to a lack of motivation.
  5. The fatalist's argument is that we have no control over the future.
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