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fatalism vs. determinism

fatalism

noun

  1. the acceptance of all things and events as inevitable; submission to fate:

    Her fatalism helped her to face death with stoic calm.

  2. Philosophy. the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable predetermination.

determinism

noun

  1. the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
  2. the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes.