impossibilism noun3 •A belief in unrealizable or impractical policies. •A socialist doctrine that stresses the limited value of political, economic, and social reforms within a capitalist economy, arguing that the pursuit of such reforms strengthens support for the existing system. •The view that free will does not exist and is simply impossible.In the next section I examine five fatalist arguments for impossibilism and show that they all fail, and some for reasons more subtle than is usually thought. — 2013