fatalism
noun
fa·tal·ism
ˈfā-tə-ˌli-zəm 
: a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
also
: a belief in or attitude determined by this doctrine
fatalism that regards social problems as simply inevitable
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Many people seem to have developed a sense of fatalism about the war.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 4 July 2024
Speaking of everyone dying, are there any scenarios where fatalism might be reasonable?
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
Their story as a couple did end, soon afterward… probably less romantically than the beautiful fatalism the song itself is enveloped in.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Is our fatalism undercutting our capacity to tackle this problem?
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Sep. 2024
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fatalism
noun
fa·tal·ism
ˈfāt-ᵊl-ˌiz-əm
: the belief or attitude that events are decided in advance by powers beyond one's control
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