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

• I'm a big believer in geographic determinism, and I suspect the clement weather in San Francisco has a lot to do with its pervading buoyant mood.
• This determinism appalled some friends such as Max Born, who thought it completely undermined the foundations of human morality.
• In the long run there is no turning back this age of self-determinism.

News & Articles

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• Why the Tories Are Flailing
  In British politics, economic determinism is an unreliable guide to electoral outcomes.
  Dec. 19, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Patrick Kennedy in WBKO
  My dad was one who never took on adversity without a lot of hope and a sense of determinism to overcome whatever obstacles were in his way,said Rep. Patrick Kennedy.
• Lionel Trilling in Boston Globe (registration)
  As the literary critic Lionel Trilling wrote in 1963, Mr. Mailer "probe[s] modern society on a level deeper than that of political and economic determinism."