predeterminism

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noun

The belief that all events that occur have already been determined.

OriginFrench prédéterminisme →
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Meanings

nounpredeterminism (usually uncountable, plural predeterminisms)

plural predeterminisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe belief that all events that occur have already been determined.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fatalism

Origin

  1. Frenchprédéterminisme
  2. Englishpredeterminism

Borrowed from French prédéterminisme, equivalent to pre- + determinism or predetermine + -ism.

More words from French

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Translations

Catalan predeterminisme
  • predeterminismebelief
Chinese Mandarin 先决论
  • 先决论belief
French predeterminisme
  • predeterminismebelief
Italian predeterminismo
  • predeterminismobelief
Korean 예정설
  • 예정설 (yejeongseol)belief
Portuguese predeterminismo
  • predeterminismobelief
Romanian predeterminism
  • predeterminismbelief
Spanish predeterminismo
  • predeterminismobelief
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Chicago

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