determinist
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1. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | necessitarian, |
| definition | : | someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | foreordination, predestination, predetermination, preordination, |
| definition | : | (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | determinism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | fatalism, |
| definition | : | a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | predestination, |
| definition | : | previous determination as if by destiny or fate (noun.event) |
| derivation | : | foreordination, predestination, predetermination, preordination, |
| definition | : | (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | determinism, |
| definition | : | (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | fatalism, |
| definition | : | a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | predestination, |
| definition | : | previous determination as if by destiny or fate (noun.event) |
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