fatalist adj 1: of or relating to fatalism; "a fatalist person" [syn: {fatalist}, {fatalistic}] n 1: anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny [syn: {fatalist}, {determinist}, {predestinarian}, {predestinationist}]
Fatalist \Fa"tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. fataliste.] One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity. [1913 Webster]