determinism
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++de·ter·min·is·m /dɪˈtɜːmənɪzəm $ -ɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] RPthe belief that what you do and what happens to you are caused by things that you cannot control 决定论〔认为人的行为以及所遇到的事均由无法控制的因素所决定〕 —deterministic /dɪˌtɜːməˈnɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective
Examples from the Corpus
determinism• But strong biological determinism flies in the face of experience.• Perhaps even more than Althusser, Foucault represents a decisive move away from economic determinism.• The necessary order in the historical determinism of Karl Marx is in the contingencies.• Elite theorists, therefore, stand as something of a half-way house' between Marxist determinism and pluralist voluntarism.• These problems of determinism have been discussed over the centuries.• We shall see how this affects the question of determinism in these theories.• Let us see how physical determinism is to be interpreted in terms of phase space.• Despite their determinism, the behaviors generated look extremely random.de·ter·min·is·m nounChineseSyllable
the happens you to what and that do belief Corpus what
determinism
de‧ter‧min‧is‧m /dɪˈtɜːmənɪzəm, dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm $ -ɜːr-/
noun [uncountable]
the belief that what you do and what happens to you are caused by things that you cannot control
—deterministic /dɪˌtɜːməˈnɪstɪk◂, dɪˌtɜːmɪˈnɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective
de‧ter‧min‧is‧m /dɪˈtɜːmənɪzəm, dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪzəm $ -ɜːr-/
noun [uncountable]the belief that what you do and what happens to you are caused by things that you cannot control
—deterministic /dɪˌtɜːməˈnɪstɪk◂, dɪˌtɜːmɪˈnɪstɪk◂ $ -ɜːr-/ adjective