fatalizm

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English fatalism, French fatalisme, German Fatalismus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈta.lizm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alizm
  • Syllabification: fa‧ta‧lizm

Noun

fatalizm m inan

  1. (philosophy) fatalism (doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them)
  2. (literary) fatalism (attitude of discouragement and indifference to evil, based on the belief that a person's life depends not on himself but on fate)
  3. (literary) destiny, fate, doom, jinx (evil supernatural force weighing down on someone)
    Synonym: fatum

Declension

adjective
  • fatalistyczny
adverb
  • fatalistycznie
nouns

Further reading

  • fatalizm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fatalizm in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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