"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): حَتْمِيَّة (ḥatmiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), դետերմինիզմ (determinizm) (Armenian), determinisme [masculine] (Catalan), determinismus [masculine] (Czech), determinisme [neuter] (Dutch), determinismi (Finnish), déterminisme [masculine] (French), Determinismus [masculine] (German), αιτιοκρατία (aitiokratía) [feminine] (Greek), דטרמיניזם (determinizm) [masculine] (Hebrew), determinizmus (Hungarian), determinisme (Indonesian), 결정론 (gyeoljeongnon) (alt: 決定論) (Korean), детермини́зам (determinízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), faham penentuan (Malay), determinisme (Malay), determinizm [masculine] (Polish), determinismo [masculine] (Portuguese), determinism [neuter] (Romanian), детермини́зм (determinízm) [masculine] (Russian), determinizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), determinismo [masculine] (Spanish), determinism [common-gender] (Swedish), นิยัตินิยม (Thai)
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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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    },
    {
      "word": "predeterminism"
    },
    {
      "word": "retrospective determinism"
    },
    {
      "word": "superdeterminism"
    },
    {
      "word": "technodeterminism"
    },
    {
      "word": "techno-determinism"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "determinist"
    },
    {
      "word": "deterministic"
    },
    {
      "word": "predeterminedness"
    },
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      "word": "compatibilism"
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      "word": "incompatibilism"
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        }
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          "ref": "2015 January 1, John Danaher, “The Free Will Debate: Sourcehood or Alternative Possibilities?”, in Philosophical Disquisitions:",
          "text": "Pereboom’s book presents probably the best available argument for hard incompatibilism (the view that free will is not compatible with causal determinism), and his defence of the sourcehood view is just part of this overall argument.",
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        "(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice."
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          "word": "fatalism"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥatmiyya",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَتْمِيَّة"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "determinizm",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "դետերմինիզմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "determinisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "déterminisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Determinismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aitiokratía",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αιτιοκρατία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "determinizm",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דטרמיניזם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinisme"
    },
    {
      "alt": "決定論",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeoljeongnon",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "결정론"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "determinízam",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детермини́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "faham penentuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "determinisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "determinism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детермини́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "determinism"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "notion in ethics",
      "word": "นิยัตินิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "notion in computing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "determinismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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        "masculine"
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    }
  ],
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}

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