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amor fati

amor fati noun: an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or at least necessary; associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Noun

amor fati (uncountable)

  1. An attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or at least necessary; associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

Origin of amor fati

A learned borrowing from Latin amor fātī (literally “love of fate”).

Questions about amor fati

What does amor fati mean?
Amor fati means an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in one's life, including suffering and loss, as good or at least necessary; associated with the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
What part of speech is amor fati?
Amor fati is a noun.

Words near amor fati in the dictionary

  1. Amoor
  2. Amoore
  3. amopyroquine
  4. amor
  5. Amor Cruz
  6. amor fati
  7. Amora
  8. Amoraic
  9. Amoraim
  10. amoral
  11. amoralism

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