"determinism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-determinism.wav Forms: determinisms [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French déterminisme, equivalent to determine + -ism. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|déterminisme}} Borrowed from French déterminisme, {{affix|en|determine|-ism}} determine + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} determinism (countable and uncountable, plural determinisms)
  1. (philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Religion Synonyms: fatalism Translations (notion in ethics): determinisme (Afrikaans), حَتْمِيَّة (ḥatmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), դետերմինիզմ (determinizm) (Armenian), determinismu [masculine] (Asturian), determinizm (Azerbaijani), дэтэрмінізм (determinizm) [masculine] (Belarusian), determinisme [masculine] (Catalan), 決定論 /决定论 (juédìnglùn) (Chinese Mandarin), determinismus [masculine] (Czech), determinisme [neuter] (Dutch), determinismo (Esperanto), determinism (Estonian), determinismi (Finnish), déterminisme [masculine] (French), determinismo [masculine] (Galician), დეტერმინიზმი (deṭerminizmi) (Georgian), Determinismus [masculine] (German), αιτιοκρατία (aitiokratía) [feminine] (Greek), דטרמיניזם (determinizm) [masculine] (Hebrew), determinizmus (Hungarian), nauðhyggja [feminine] (Icelandic), determinisme (Indonesian), determinismo [masculine] (Italian), 決定論 (Japanese), 결정론 (gyeoljeongnon) (alt: 決定論) (Korean), determinisms [masculine] (Latvian), determinizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), детермини́зам (determinízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), faham penentuan (Malay), determinisme (Malay), നിയതിവാദം (niyativādaṁ) (Malayalam), تعینگرایی (Persian), determinizm [masculine] (Polish), determinismo [masculine] (Portuguese), determinism [neuter] (Romanian), детермини́зм (determinízm) [masculine] (Russian), determinizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), determinizmus [masculine] (Slovak), determinizem [masculine] (Slovene), determinismo [masculine] (Spanish), determinism [common-gender] (Swedish), determinismo (Tagalog), ҷабргароӣ (jabrgaroi) (Tajik), นิยัตินิยม (Thai), determinizm (Turkish), детермінізм (determinizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), determinizm (Uzbek), lý thuyết tất định (Vietnamese)
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  2. (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (notion in computing): determinismo [masculine] (Portuguese), детермини́зм (determinízm) [masculine] (Russian), determinismo [masculine] (Spanish), determinism [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-determinism-en-noun-L4OPCkc- Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 55 45 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'notion in computing': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: determinist, deterministic, predeterminedness, compatibilism, incompatibilism

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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "determinism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "determinízm",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детермини́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "determinism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "jabrgaroi",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "ҷабргароӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "นิยัตินิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "determinizm",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детермінізм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "lý thuyết tất định"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "notion in computing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "determinízm",
      "sense": "notion in computing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детермини́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "notion in computing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "notion in computing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "determinism"
    }
  ],
  "word": "determinism"
}

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