Fatalist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fatalist \Fa"tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. fataliste.]
     One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable
     necessity.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fatalist
       adj 1: believing in or inclined to fatalism; "a fatalist person"
              [syn: {fatalistic}]
       2: relating to or implying fatalism; "fatalistic thinking"
          [syn: {fatalistic}]
       n : anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to
           change their destiny [syn: {determinist}, {predestinarian},
            {predestinationist}]