different between pessimism vs fatalism

English

Etymology

From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”), superlative of malus (“bad”).As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.

Noun

pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)

1. A general belief that bad things will happen.
2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
3. (computing) The condition of being pessimal.

Antonyms

• optimism

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistic

Derived terms

• cultural pessimism
• ecopessimism

Translations

Further reading

• pessimism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pessimism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pessimism at OneLook Dictionary Search

Swedish

Noun

pessimism c

1. pessimism; a general belief that bad things will happen

Declension

Antonyms

• optimism

Related terms

• pessimist
• pessimistisk

English

Etymology

fatal +? -ism

Noun

fatalism (countable and uncountable, plural fatalisms)

1. The doctrine that all events are subject to fate or inevitable necessity, or determined in advance in such a way that human beings cannot change them.

Synonyms

• determinism
• predestination
• predeterminism

Antonyms

• free will
• freedom
• indeterminism

Related terms

• Amor fati
• fatality
• fate

Translations

See also

Are fate and choice compatible?

• compatibilism (Compatibilism)
• incompatibilism (Incompatibilism)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fatalisme.

Noun

fatalism n (uncountable)

1. fatalism

Declension

Related terms

• fatal
• fatalist
• fatalitate