Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compatibilism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables
com-pat-i-bil-ism
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.

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Etymology

Etymology tree English compatible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English compatibilism From compatible + -ism.

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What does compatibilism mean?
The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
Where does compatibilism come from?
Etymology tree English compatible Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English compatibilism From compatible + -ism.

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