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Fatalism

The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

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Acceptance 76% connected

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…

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Credence 76% connected

Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

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Determinism 76% connected

The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.

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Determinist 74% connected

One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

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Determinist 74% connected

One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

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Fatalistic 74% connected

Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

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Fatalistic 74% connected

Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

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Arianism noun · 86% connection

heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son

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Brain noun · 86% connection

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wa…

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Cognizance noun · 86% connection

range or scope of what is perceived

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Discernment noun · 86% connection

perception of that which is obscure

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Disproof noun · 86% connection

any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

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Docetism noun · 86% connection

the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were appa…

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Doctrine noun · 86% connection

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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Ego noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Evidence noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Falsification noun · 86% connection

any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

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Gnosticism noun · 86% connection

a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

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Grounds noun · 86% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Head noun · 86% connection

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wa…

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Hypostasis noun · 86% connection

(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality

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Insight noun · 86% connection

clear or deep perception of a situation

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Ism noun · 86% connection

a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

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Lead noun · 86% connection

evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

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Mind noun · 86% connection

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wa…

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Abstract adjective · 78% connection

A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things.

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Allegory noun · 78% connection

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

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Alternative noun · 78% connection

Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are call…

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…

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Avoidless adjective · 78% connection

Unavoidable; inevitable.

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Biogeny noun · 78% connection

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- op…

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Certain adjective · 78% connection

Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

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Destiny noun · 78% connection

The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in…

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Disposal noun · 78% connection

Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: doctrine, things, subject, fate, take.
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Doom verb · 78% connection

To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

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Fatal adjective · 78% connection

Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable.

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