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English noun: determinism

1. determinism (cognition) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will


Broader (hypernym)philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory


Narrower (hyponym)fatalism


Domain categoryphilosophy









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