Fatalism vs Defeatism - What's the difference?
fatalism | defeatism |
The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them.
Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
As nouns the difference between fatalism and defeatism
is that fatalism is the doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them while defeatism is acceptance of defeat without struggle.fatalism
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(wikipedia fatalism)Noun
Synonyms
* determinism * predestination * predeterminismAntonyms
* free will * freedom * indeterminismSee also
Are fate and choice compatible? * compatibilism () * incompatibilism () English words suffixed with -ism ----defeatism
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(wikipedia defeatism)Noun
- Objective assessment is good but defeatism will reduce our potentials even when the prospects for victory have never been nearer.