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fa·tal·i·ty
\fāˈtaləd.ē, fəˈ-, -lətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitat-, fatalitas, from Latin fatalis decreed by destiny + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : something brought about or established by fate or necessity
< this necessary fact and even duty of nationality is accidental; like age or sex it is a physical fatality — George Santayana >
2.
a. : the quality or state of causing or being likely to cause death or destruction
< the degree of fatality of certain diseases is higher than one imagines >
b. : the quality or condition of being fated : subjection to fate : predetermination by necessity; specifically : the quality or condition of being destined for disaster
< afraid of the fatality that seemed to mark his family's history >
3.
a. : invincible necessity as a principle or fact in nature : fate 1
< to believe in fatality >
b. : fatalism
4. : the agent or agency of fate
< their destiny established by an overruling fatality >
5.
a. : a fatal outcome; especially : death resulting from a disaster
< a car crash that was the cause of several fatalities >
b. : something experiencing or subject to a fatal outcome
< one of the fatalities in the drownings was a small child > |