Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

determinism

/dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: de-ter-min-ism
IPA: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1903 there appeared Problems of Idealism, a collection of essays many of whose authors had recently been Marxists, but which condemned Marxism and materialism for their moral nihilism, contempt of personality, determinism, and fanatical pursuit of social values regardless of the individuals who made up society."
"Pereboom’s book presents probably the best available argument for hard incompatibilism (the view that free will is not compatible with causal determinism), and his defence of the sourcehood view is just part of this overall argument."

Etymology

Borrowed from French déterminisme, equivalent to determine + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: determine
Suffix: -ism

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

determinisms (plural)

Derived Forms

antideterminism biodeterminism ecodeterminism nondeterminism predeterminism superdeterminism technodeterminism

Phrases

biological determinism creeping determinism economic determinism genetic determinism nominative determinism non-determinism retrospective determinism self-determinism

Frequently Paired Words

determinist deterministic predeterminedness compatibilism incompatibilism

Synonyms

fatalism

Antonyms

indeterminism

Questions

How do you pronounce determinism?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm/.
What does determinism mean?: The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
Where does determinism come from?: Borrowed from French déterminisme, equivalent to determine + -ism.

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