"retrospective determinism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retrospective determinisms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} retrospective determinism (usually uncountable, plural retrospective determinisms)
  1. (logic) A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen. Wikipedia link: retrospective determinism Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-retrospective_determinism-en-noun-mfK~9ARg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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