determinism
noun
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(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
Types & categories
- philosophical doctrine hypernym
- fatalism hyponym
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- fatalist derivation
- deterministic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fatalist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deterministic |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | philosophy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | philosophical doctrine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fatalism |