INDETERMINISM


Meaning of INDETERMINISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈtər-mə-ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Date: 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 ; especially : unpredictability

• in·de·ter·min·ist -ˈtərm-nist, -ˈtər-mə- noun

• in·de·ter·min·is·tic -ˌtər-mə-ˈnis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.