fatalizm

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English fatalism, French fatalisme, German Fatalismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈta.lizm/

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• Rhymes: -alizm
• Syllabification: fa‧ta‧lizm

Noun

fatalizm m inan

1. (philosophy) fatalism (doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot alter them)
2. (literary) fatalism (attitude of discouragement and indifference to evil, based on the belief that a person's life depends not on himself but on fate)
3. (literary) destiny, fate, doom, jinx (evil supernatural force weighing down on someone)

   Synonym: fatum

Declension

Declension of fatalizm

	singular
nominative	fatalizm
genitive	fatalizmu
dative	fatalizmowi
accusative	fatalizm
instrumental	fatalizmem
locative	fatalizmie
vocative	fatalizmie

Related terms

adjective

• fatalistyczny

 

adverb

• fatalistycznie

 

nouns

• fatalista
• fatalistka

 

Further reading

• fatalizm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fatalizm in Polish dictionaries at PWN