Fatalism vs Nihilism - What's the difference?
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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.
(philosophy) A philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.
(ethics) The rejection of inherent or objective moral principles.
(politics) The rejection of non-rationalized or non-proven assertions in the social and political spheres of society.
(politics, historical) A Russian movement of the 1860s that rejected all authority and promoted the use of violence for political change.
The belief that all endeavors are ultimately futile and devoid of meaning.
Contradiction (not always deliberate) between behavior and espoused principle, to such a degree that all possible espoused principle is voided.
The deliberate refusal of belief, to the point that belief itself is rejected as untenable.
Nihilism is a synonym of fatalism.
As nouns the difference between fatalism and nihilism
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 nihilism is a philosophical doctrine grounded on the negation of one or more meaningful aspects of life.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 ----nihilism
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Noun
- "...the band members sweat hard enough to earn their pretensions, and maybe even their nihilism " (rock critic Dave Marsh, reviewing the band XTC's album Go )