inevitabilism means the belief that certain developments are impossible to avoid; determinism. It carries an Arena rating of 1253, earned across 6 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, inevitabilism ranks #120 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #2,862 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #5,092 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #7,298 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words.
Why “inevitabilism” is a great word
The doctrine that specific events or outcomes are impossible to avoid, a deterministic view of history or development. From Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”) + the suffix -ism, denoting a system or doctrine. Unlike “contingency,” which admits to chance and uncertain conditions, or “indeterminism,” which asserts the existence of free will or uncaused events, inevitabilism is the conviction of an ironclad script. It is the historian tracing a war's outbreak to inescapable geopolitical pressures, the novelist arranging a character's downfall from the first page, and the quiet, chilling comfort of believing every mistake was always meant to be—a fatalism dressed in the stern robes of logic, watching the future arrive with the quiet fatigue of recognizing an old, unwelcome guest.
Etymology
From inevitable + -ism.
noun
- The belief that certain developments are impossible to avoid; determinism.
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