DETERMINISM Antonyms
Definition of DETERMINISM
deterministic
Best Opposite Words For DETERMINISM
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| indeterminism | nounn | |||||||
noun • The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will. • A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously. • Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance. • A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process. | ||||||||
| chance | nounn | |||||||
noun • a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a risk involving danger • a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible • the possibility of future success adjective satellite • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance verb • be the case by chance • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome • come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||||||||
| randomness | nounn | |||||||
noun • (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work • the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | ||||||||
| free will | nounn | |||||||
noun • the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies | ||||||||
