Synonyms for determinism
dɪˈtɜr məˌnɪz əmde·ter·min·ism

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1. determinismnoun

   Synonyms:
   fatalism

   Antonyms:
   indeterminism

2. determinismnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   fatalism

   Antonyms:
   indeterminism

3. determinismnoun

   The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.

   Synonyms:
   fatalism

   Antonyms:
   indeterminism

Princeton's WordNet

1. determinismnoun

   (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will

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1. Sir Arthur Eddington:

   It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

2. Jawaharlal Nehru:

   Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

3. Jawaharlal Nehru:

   Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism the way you play it is free will.

4. Henry M. Wriston:

   A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no future.

5. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Tunneling through barriers, particles defy the boundaries of our classical confinement, revealing the audacious spirit of quantum defiance against the imprisoning walls of determinism.