| determinism | <psychology> The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives. "Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious." (F. P. Cobbe) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| psychic determinism | In psychoanalysis, the concept that all psychological and behavioural phenomena result from antecedent, unconsciously operating causes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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