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fatalism 1. the philosophical doctrine that all events are predetermined so that man is powerless to alter his destiny 2. the acceptance of and submission to this doctrine How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Before we fatalistically fall into the perspective that a sane, Christian country on earth is an exercise in futility, let us reflect on the Dark Ages, before we fall into our own: the barbaric Goths were converted to Catholicism and built the Gothic cathedrals The two sides played their roles with deadly seriousness, the Confederates keeping fatalistically stiff upper lips and happily running to their imagined deaths. In a sudden twist in the plot, Bob fatalistically begins to "perform" in the script against him -- that of a black man's stereotypically innate lust for white women that putatively justifies his brutal lynching. |
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