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Determinist

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de·ter·min·ism  (d-tûrm-nzm)
n.
The philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs.
de·termin·ist n.
de·termin·istic adj.
de·termin·isti·cal·ly adv.
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Noun1.determinist - anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist
necessitarian - someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will


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Good innocent creature, worthy wife, excellent mother (of the strict governess type), she was as guileless of consequences as any determinist philosopher ever was.
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