Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 8 compound words that contain determinism. The most common are listed below. Open determinism in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- nominative determinismA supposed tendency for people to become active in subjects that relate or correspond to their names.
- biological determinismThe hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine the majority of psychological and behavioural traits.
- hard determinismA view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and therefore that free will does not exist.
- soft determinismSynonym of compatibilism: The doctrine that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.
- angelic non-determinismA notional ability always to choose the most favorable option, in constant time.
- creeping determinismtendency to perceive past events as more predictable than they actually were at the time
- economic determinismA socioeconomic theory stating that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation upon which all other societal and political arrangements are based
- genetic determinismThe hypothesis that an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine psychological and behavioural traits.
- non-determinismAlternative form of nondeterminism: The opposite of determinism: the doctrine that there are factors other than the state and immutable laws of the universe involved in the unfolding of events, such as free will.
- retrospective determinismA fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen.
- self-determinismSynonym of self-determination: The ability or human right to make one's own decisions without interference from others
- techno-determinismAlternative spelling of technodeterminism: The theory that technology drives improvements in society and culture.
Compound words 8
- indeterminismThe doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
- predeterminismThe belief that all events that occur have already been determined.
- superdeterminismA form of determinism that precludes the assumption, made by Bell's theorem, that an experimenter can make measurements that are independent of each other and of any hidden variables.
- technodeterminismThe theory that technology drives improvements in society and culture.
- biodeterminismThe idea that individual characteristics are determined at conception by those of the parents
- antideterminismOpposition to determinism.
- ecodeterminismSynonym of economic determinism: A socioeconomic theory stating that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation upon which all other societal and political …
- nondeterminismThe opposite of determinism: the doctrine that there are factors other than the state and immutable laws of the universe involved in the unfolding of events, such as free will.