self-determinism: Meaning and Definition of

self-de•ter•min•ism

Pronunciation: (self'di-tûr'mu-niz"um, self"-), [key]
— n. Philos.
  1. a theory that every present state or condition of the self is a result of previous states or conditions of the self.
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