English Dictionary |
DETERMINISM
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
IPA (US): |
Dictionary entry overview: What does determinism mean?
• DETERMINISM (noun)
The noun DETERMINISM has 1 sense:
1. (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
Familiarity information: DETERMINISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("determinism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "determinism"):
fatalism (a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them)
Derivation:
determinist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)
deterministic (an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes)
Learn English with... Proverbs |
"As long as there is no wind, the tree wont blow." (Afghanistan proverb)
"Don't ask the singer to sing until he wishes to sing by himself." (Arabic proverb)
"A gooses child is a swimmer." (Egyptian proverb)