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determinist
Variant of determinism
determinism
definition
de·ter·min·ism (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 de·ter′·min·ist noun, adjective
- deterministic de·ter′·min·is′·tic adjective
- deterministically de·ter′·min·is′·ti·cally adverb
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