Fatalist
(noun)
- A person who believes that events are determined in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them.
- 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:
- She's a fatalist and believes that everything happens for a reason.
- He's a fatalist and doesn't believe in trying to change the future.
- The play is about a man who learns to embrace life rather than being a fatalist.
- Many people believe that a fatalist attitude can lead to a lack of motivation.
- The fatalist's argument is that we have no control over the future.