determinist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who holds that events, including human actions, are determined by prior causes or conditions

   The determinist need not claim that every future action can be predicted in detail.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to or supporting determinism

   She offered a determinist account of choice and responsibility.

From determine + -ist, modeled on French deterministe. The philosophical label names an adherent of determinism, the doctrine that events follow necessarily from prior causes or conditions.

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