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Determinism

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Noun

1. determinism

(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Determinism

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noun
1. 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 (sense 1b)
2. 
the scientific doctrine that all occurrences in nature take place in accordance with natural laws
3. 
the principle in classical mechanics that the values of dynamic variables of a system, and of the forces acting on the system at a given time, completely determine the values of the variables at any later time

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Determinism

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noun
the doctrine that everything, including one's choice of action, is the necessary result of a sequence of causes

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Determinism

see synonyms of determinism
n.
The philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision, is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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