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What is another word for determinists?

Pronunciation: [dɪtˈɜːmɪnˌɪsts] (IPA)

Determinists are individuals who believe that all events are determined by prior causes and are therefore inevitable. Synonyms for determinists include fatalists, predestinarians, and necessitarians. Fatalists emphasize the notion that events are determined by fate or predetermined destiny, while predestinarians believe that events are predetermined by a divine power. Necessitarians, on the other hand, emphasize the concept of necessity, arguing that events occur because they must occur based on natural laws and conditions. Overall, all of these synonyms emphasize the idea of inevitability, and the belief that events are predetermined or necessary.
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They haven't flinched, they have remained Positivists, or Evolutionists, or determinists, and have set their faith in observation and experiment to help on the final conquest of the world."
"The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2"
Emile Zola
And if determinists do not realise this, it is because the logical implications of their doctrines have never been fully explored.
"Determinism or Free-Will?"
Chapman Cohen
determinists and Indeterminists, as may easily be observed, manifest a fairly uniform measure of conduct, and whatever variations from the normal standard each displays cannot well be put down to their acceptance or rejection of Determinism.
"Determinism or Free-Will?"
Chapman Cohen

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