determinism

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.

Opposite of
indeterminism
Synonyms

law of causality

law of causation

Translations

determinisme

αιτιοκρατία

gerekircilik

gerekirci

determinisme

belirlenimlilik

الحتمية الجبرية

Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/
Etymology

Borrowed from French déterminisme, equivalent to determine + -ism.

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