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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.
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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
