[U] (philosophy) the belief that people are not free to choose what they are like or how they behave, because these things are decided by their background, surroundings and other things over which they have no control
deterministic adjective
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is determinism a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, determinism is tagged as noun.
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