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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•ter•min•ism (di tûr′mə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Philosophythe doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- Philosophythe doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes.
de•ter′min•ist, n., adj. de•ter′min•is′tic, adj. de•ter′min•is′ti•cal•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: determinism /dɪˈtɜːmɪˌnɪzəm/ n Also called: necessitarianism the philosophical doctrine that all events including human actions and choices are fully determined by preceding events and states of affairs, and so that freedom of choice is illusory Compare free will deˈterminist n , adj deˌterminˈistic adj |