fatalism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fatalism
    n 1: a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of
         the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined
         and inevitable
    2: a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are
       predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are
       powerless to change them

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fatalism \Fa"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. fatalisme.]
   The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that
   they take place by inevitable necessity.
   [1913 Webster]