DETERMINIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("determinist" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

Derivation:

determinism ((philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will)

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