determinism (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[determinism 词源字典]
1846, in theology (lack of free will); 1876 in general sense of "doctrine that everything happens by a necessary causation," from French déterminisme, from German Determinismus, perhaps a back-formation from Praedeterminismus (see determine).[determinism etymology, determinism origin, 英语词源]