HyperDic: determinist

English > 1 sense of the word *determinist*:
NOUN	person	determinist, fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist	anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

determinist > pronunciation
Sounds	dihter'mahnahst
Rhymes	abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst...

English > *determinist*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny.
Synonyms	fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist
Broader	necessitarian	someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
Spanish	determinista, fatalista
Catalan	determinista, fatalista
Nouns	determinism	(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes