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Meanings of determinist in English

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Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny.

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        Usage of determinist in English
        1
        People who claim to believe in determinist ideas rarely act on them.
        The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
        2
        The late Mark Twain, in his secret heart, was such a determinist.
        Damn! A Book of Calumny
        3
        I'm not an absolute fool about technology: a determinist or militant naif.
        Wired
        4
        But it would be a mistake to interpret it in too determinist a fashion.
        The Irish Times
        5
        In his ethical teaching, at least, Paul is no determinist.
        Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
        6
        The preceding view is, as yet, too purely determinist.
        Civics: as Applied Sociology
        7
        But it shows how little determinism there is in the opinions of a determinist.]
        Public Opinion
        8
        There you have it, says the psychological determinist.
        Bergson and His Philosophy
        9
        I inclined to a technological-determinist explanation: Look how your eyes shine when we talk about the network.
        The Guardian
        10
        Christian theology, when based on the perfection of the Divine nature, has always tended to be determinist.
        Bergson and His Philosophy
        11
        It would be a techno-determinist mistake, however, to reduce this to the question of productivity and technological advances.
        The Guardian
        12
        The determinist does not believe in appealing to the will, but he does believe in changing the environment.
        Orthodoxy
        13
        The pure determinist holds that man's behavior is not free and is only a product of his past.
        I’m OK – You’re OK
        14
        Of course we can find studies that reinforce gender stereotypes and use a determinist model of the brain.
        The Guardian
        15
        But how the function of being an owner will figure, no economic determinist as such, can tell you.
        Public Opinion
        16
        Lenin was not at heart a determinist but a voluntarist: the decisive role was played by human will: his.
        Modern Times
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