fatal | (adjective) bringing death | - |
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(adjective) having momentous consequences; of decisive importance | Synonyms: fateful |
(adjective) controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | Synonyms: fateful |
(adjective) (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | Synonyms: black, calamitous, disastrous, fateful |
fatalism | (noun) a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them | - |
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(noun) a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable | - |
fatalist | (adjective) of or relating to fatalism | Synonyms: fatalistic |
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(noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
fatalistic | (adjective) of or relating to fatalism | Synonyms: fatalist |
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fatality | (noun) the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters | - |
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(noun) a death resulting from an accident or a disaster | Synonyms: human death |
fatally | (adverb) with fatal consequences or implications | - |
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