[in.de.ter.min.ism] n (1874) 1 a: a theory that the will is free and that deliberate choice and actions are not determined by or predictable from antecedent causes b: a theory that holds that not every event has a cause
2: the quality or state of being indeterminate; esp: unpredictability -- in.de.ter.min.ist n -- in.de.ter.min.is.tic adj