1. determinism

noun. ['dɪˈtɝːməˌnɪzəm'] (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will.

Rhymes with Determinism

• abolitionism
• absenteeism
• absolutism
• activism
• adventurism
• adventurism
• agrarianism
• alcoholism
• altruism
• amateurism
• americanism
• anachronism
• aneurism
• anglo-catholicism
• animism
• antagonism
• anthropomorphism
• anti-catholicism
• anti-catholicism
• antidisestablishmentarianism

Sentences with determinism

1. Noun, singular or mass
This debate is usually called the problem of social determinism.

Quotes about determinism

1. Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
- Jawaharlal Nehru

2. All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess.
- Marcel Duchamp

3. The assumption of an absolute determinism is the essential foundation of every scientific enquiry.
- Max Planck, The Dilemmas of an Upright Man: Max Planck and the Fortunes of German Science