모든 사건이나 인간의 행위가 자유 의지가 아닌 외부의 원인에 의해 결정된다는 철학적 이론.
The doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will.
예문:
"The professor argued that environmental determinism oversimplifies the complex relationship between culture and geography."
"If we accept absolute determinism, the legal system's focus on personal accountability becomes problematic."
"In classical mechanics, determinism implies that the future state of a system is fixed by its current state and the laws of physics."