Meaning | (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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Category | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
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Narrower | fatalism | A philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them |
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Broader | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | A doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
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Spanish | determinismo |
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Catalan | determinisme |
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Adjectives | deterministic | an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes |
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Nouns | determinist | anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny |
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