determinism

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/

Noun

determinism (countable and uncountable, plural determinisms)

1. (philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.

   Synonym: fatalism

   Antonym: indeterminism

   Hyponyms: hard determinism, soft determinism

2. (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.

   Antonym: indeterminism

Derived terms

• biological determinism
• creeping determinism
• economic determinism
• genetic determinism
• nominative determinism
• non-determinism
• predeterminism
• retrospective determinism
• techno-determinism

 

Related terms

• determinist
• deterministic

Translations

notion in ethics

• Arabic: حَتْمِيَّة‎ f (ḥatmiyya)
• Armenian: դետերմինիզմ (hy) (determinizm)
• Catalan: determinisme (ca) m
• Czech: determinismus m
• Dutch: determinisme (nl) n
• Finnish: determinismi (fi)
• French: déterminisme (fr) m
• German: Determinismus (de) m
• Greek: αιτιοκρατία (el) f (aitiokratía)
• Hebrew: דטרמיניזם‎ (he) m (determinizm)
• Hungarian: determinizmus (hu)
• Indonesian: determinisme (id)
• Korean: 결정론(決定論) (ko) (gyeoljeongnon)
• Macedonian: детермини́зам m (determinízam)
• Malay: faham penentuan, determinisme
• Polish: determinizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: determinismo (pt) m
• Romanian: determinism (ro) n
• Russian: детермини́зм (ru) m (determinízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: determinizam (sh) m
• Spanish: determinismo (es) m
• Thai: นิยัตินิยม

notion in computing

• Portuguese: determinismo (pt) m
• Russian: детермини́зм (ru) m (determinízm)
• Spanish: determinismo (es) m

See also

• compatibilism
• incompatibilism

Further reading

• determinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déterminisme.

Noun

determinism n (uncountable)

1. determinism

Declension

declension of determinism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) determinism	determinismul
genitive/dative	(unui) determinism	determinismului
vocative	determinismule