ALL meanings of determinism
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D d - uncountable noun determinism Determinism is the belief that all actions and events result from other actions, events, or situations, so people cannot in fact choose what to do. 3
- noun determinism 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 3
- noun determinism the scientific doctrine that all occurrences in nature take place in accordance with natural laws 3
- noun determinism 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 3
- noun determinism the doctrine that everything, including one's choice of action, is the necessary result of a sequence of causes 3
- noun determinism belief in absolute cause and effect 1
- noun determinism the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws. 1
- noun determinism the doctrine that all events, including human choices and decisions, have sufficient causes. 1
- noun determinism The doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. 1
- noun determinism (ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice. 0
- noun determinism (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input. 0