determinism

determinism
    n 1: (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events
         are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient
         causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free
         will
    

Determinism \De*ter"min*ism\, n. (Metaph.)
   The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and
   invincibly determined by motives, preceding events, and
   natural laws.
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         Its superior suitability to produce courage, as
         contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is
         obvious.                                 --F. P. Cobbe.
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39 Moby Thesaurus words for "determinism":
      Calvinism, aftertime, afteryears, by-and-by, course ahead,
      crystal ball, distant future, election, eventuality, expectation,
      fatalism, foresight, forward look, future, future tense, futurism,
      futurity, hereafter, immediate future, immediate prospect,
      imminence, near future, offing, outlook, posteriority,
      predestinarianism, predeterminism, prediction, probability,
      project, prophecy, prospect, the future, the morrow,
      the sweet by-and-by, time ahead, time just ahead, time to come,
      tomorrow