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determinism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun determinism has 1 sense
- determinism(n = noun.cognition) - (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will; has particulars: fatalism
is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
Derived forms noun determinist1, adjective deterministic1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
determinism, n. Philos. the doctrine that all events, including human action, are determined by causes regarded as external to the will.
Derivative
determinist n. deterministic adj. deterministically adv.
THESAURUS
determinism
Calvinism, aftertime, afteryears, by-and-by, course ahead, crystal ball, distant future, election, eventuality, expectation, fatalism, foresight, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, hereafter, immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, near future, offing, outlook, posteriority, predestinarianism, predeterminism, prediction, probability, project, prophecy, prospect, the future, the morrow, the sweet by-and-by, time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow
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