DETERMINISM
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
• DETERMINISM (noun)
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)
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