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Fetishism vs Fatalism - What's the difference?

fetishism | fatalism |

As nouns the difference between fetishism and fatalism

is that fetishism is the belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people while 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.

fetishism

English

Alternative forms

* fetichism (archaic);

Noun

  • the belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people.
  • a form of paraphilia where the object of attraction is an inanimate object or a part of a person's body.
  • fatalism

    Noun

  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * determinism * predestination * predeterminism

    Antonyms

    * free will * freedom * indeterminism

    See also

    Are fate and choice compatible? * compatibilism () * incompatibilism () English words suffixed with -ism ----