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(dē tʉr′mi niz′əm, di-)

noun

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

Related Forms:

determinist noun, adjective
deterministic adjective
deterministically adverb

See determinism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Related Forms:

de·terˈmin·ist noun

de·terˌmin·isˈtic adjective

de·terˌmin·isˈti·cal·ly adverb

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