determinism

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/

Noun

determinism (countable and uncountable, plural determinisms)

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

Synonyms

fatalism

Antonyms

indeterminism

Related terms

Translations

notion in ethics

Arabic: حَتْمِيَّة‎ f (ḥatmiyya)
Armenian: դետերմինիզմ (hy) (determinizm)
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)

Korean: 결정론 (ko) (決定論, gyeoljeongron)
Macedonian: детерминизам 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

notion in computing

Portuguese: determinismo (pt) m
Russian: детермини́зм (ru) m (determinízm)

Spanish: determinismo (es) m

See also

Further reading

determinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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