Associations to the word «Determinism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne