fatalist.

A person who believes events or outcomes are fixed and cannot ultimately be avoided.

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Words that belong together

• a convinced fatalist
• become a fatalist

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The fatalist prepared for the journey despite insisting that its ending was already settled.

She resisted becoming a fatalist simply because the earlier plans had failed.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Singular fatalist; plural fatalists. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.