noun
anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
• Syn: ↑fatalist, ↑determinist, ↑predestinarian
• Derivationally related forms: ↑predestination, ↑determinism (for: ↑determinist), ↑fatalist (for: ↑fatalist), ↑fatalism (for: ↑fatalist)
• Hypernyms: ↑necessitarian
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\(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnāsh(ə)nə̇st\ noun (-s)Etymology: predestination + -ist
Useful english dictionary. 2012.