determinism

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnɪzəm/

Noun

determinism (countable and uncountable; plural determinisms)

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

Synonyms

• fatalism

Antonyms

• indeterminism

Related terms

• deterministic
• non-determinism
• predeterminism

Translations

notion in ethics

• Czech: determinismus (cs) m
• Dutch: determinisme (nl) n
• Finnish: determinismi (fi)
• French: déterminisme (fr) m
• German: Determinismus (de) m
• Greek: Μοιρολατρία (el) (Moirolatría)

• Hebrew: דטרמיניזם (determinizm) m
• Korean: 결정론 (決定論, gyeoljeongron)
• Macedonian: детерминизам (mk) (determinízam) m
• Polish: determinizm (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian: determinizam (sh) m

notion in computing

See also

• compatibilism ^
• incompatibilism ^