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Meaning of Determinism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm

Definitions

  1. The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التصميمية حَتْمِيَّة
Bosanski determinizam
Català determinisme
Čeština determinismus
Deutsch Determinismus
Ελληνικά αιτιαρχία αιτιοκρατία ντετερμινισμός
Español determinismo
Suomi determinismi
Français déterminisme
हिन्दी नियतत्ववाद
Hrvatski determinizam
Bahasa Indonesia determinisme
Italiano determinismo
日本語 決定論
ქართული დეტერმინიზმი
한국어 결정론
Македонски детерминизам
Nederlands determinisme
Polski determinizm
Português determinismo
Русский детермини́зм
Српски determinizam
Svenska determinism
ไทย นิยัตินิยม
Tagalog determinismo
Türkçe determinizm

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

determinist Deterministic deterministic Turing machine Deterministically determinization determinologisation

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