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Determinist

Definition: Determinist

Determinist

Noun

1. Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "determinist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references)

 

Synonyms: Determinist

Synonyms: fatalist (n), predestinationist (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Determinist

Non-English Usage: "Determinist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (necessarian, necessitarian), German (determinist).

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Commercial Usage: Determinist

DomainTitle

Books

  • Die wirtschaftliche Bestellmenge : zur Bestimmung kostengünstiger Bestellmengen bei determinist. u. stochast. Materialbedarf (reference)

  • Kalman-Bucy-Filter : determinist. Beobachtung u. stochast. Filterung (reference)

  • Leibniz: Determinist, Theist, Idealist (reference)

  • Organisation von parallelen Prozessen : Theorie determinist. Schedules (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Determinist

"Determinist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Determinist" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3855,818

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: Determinist

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

determinist

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Determinist

Language Translations for "determinist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

déterministe. (various references)

   

German

  

deterministisch, determinist. (various references)

   

Italian

  

determinista. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eterministday.(various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người theo thuyết quyết định. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Determinist

Derivations

Words beginning with "determinist": deterministic, deterministically, determinists. (additional references)

Words ending with "determinist": indeterminist. (additional references)

Words containing "determinist": indeterministic, indeterminists, nondeterministic. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Determinist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: determinals, determineth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Determinist"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "determinist" (pronounced duter"munust)
6-m u n u s tfeminist.
5-u n u s tagonist, antagonist, anticommunist, arsonist, accompanist, abolitionist, abortionist, botanist, chauvinist, colonist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, illusionist, impressionist, exhibitionist, expressionist, interventionist, isolationist, misogynist, nutritionist, obstructionist, organist, preservationist, protagonist, protectionist, receptionist, reservationist, revolutionist, secessionist, segregationist, unionist.
4-n u s tballoonist, cartoonist, cleanest, columnist, hygienist, dishonest, earnest, finest, funnest, greenest, gymnast, harnessed, honest, internist, keenest, leanest, machinist, meanest, modernist, noncommunist, opportunist, pianist, soonest, sternest, tannest, thinnest, violinist, witnessed.
3-u s tagriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, anthropologist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, absolutist, ablest, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, catalyst, cellist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, closest, coldest, colonialist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, idealist, ideologist, immunologist, imperialist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, direst, dirtiest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exorcist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, oboist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservist, resurfaced, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secularist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Determinist

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-n-r-s-t-t"

-1 letter: detriments, ministered.

-2 letters: detriment, enteritis, intermits, interties, retinites, trendiest.

-3 letters: demerits, dimeters, dinettes, diriment, dirtiest, disinter, emitters, enmities, entities, inditers, inserted, insetted, insetter, interest, interims, intermit, intertie, itemised, metritis, minister, mintiest, misenter, misinter, nerdiest, niteries, nitrides, nitrites, reminted, remitted, resident, retinite, retinted, sediment, siderite, sintered, sternite, strident, termites, timidest, tiredest, trendies, tridents, trientes.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-m-n-r-s-t-t"
 

+1 letter: determinists, disinterment, endometritis.

 

+2 letters: densitometric, deterministic, disinterments, divertimentos, indeterminist, intermediates, reindictments.

 

+3 letters: densitometries, determinations, determinatives, divertissement, endometritises, indeterminists, misinterpreted, premeditations.

 

+4 letters: divertissements, indeterministic, intermediations, underestimating, underestimation.

 

+5 letters: codeterminations, indeterminations, intermediateness, nondeterministic, redeterminations, underestimations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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