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DETERMINIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
Synonyms:
determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("determinist" is a kind of...):
necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)
Derivation:
determinism ((philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will)
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