tất định

Người chủ tất định thời gian bắt đầu cuộc họp.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Deterministic; predetermined: Pertaining to a philosophy, system, or view that all events, including human actions, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. It suggests that every event or state of affairs is the inevitable result of preceding events and the laws of nature.
   • Definite; conclusive: Archaic or formal usage meaning something that is settled, decided, or affirmed beyond doubt.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thuyết tất định cho rằng mọi sự kiện đều đã được an bài. (Deterministic theory holds that all events are predestined.)
  • Kết quả của thí nghiệm này là tất định, không có yếu tố ngẫu nhiên. (The outcome of this experiment is deterministic, with no random element.)
  • Sau cuộc họp, mọi việc đã tất định. (After the meeting, everything was conclusively decided.)

Advanced Usage

• "Chủ nghĩa tất định" (Determinism): The philosophical doctrine that all events, including moral choices, are completely determined by previously existing causes.

  • Chủ nghĩa tất định phủ nhận khái niệm về ý chí tự do. (Determinism denies the concept of free will.)

• "Tính tất định" (Determinacy / Deterministic nature): The quality or state of being deterministic.

  • Tính tất định của hệ thống cơ học cổ điển. (The determinacy of the classical mechanical system.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tất yếu (adj): Inevitable, necessary. While related, it emphasizes necessity rather than a chain of cause and effect.

  • Đó là một kết quả tất yếu. (That is an inevitable result.)

• Định đoạt (v): To decide, to determine. A verb form related to the concept of settling or deciding.

  • Không ai có quyền định đoạt tương lai của người khác. (No one has the right to determine another person's future.)

Synonyms

• Predetermined: Decided or established in advance.
• Inevitable: Certain to happen; unavoidable.
• Conclusive: Serving to prove a case; decisive.

Related Concepts

• Thuyết định mệnh (Fatalism): Often confused with determinism, but fatalism specifically suggests that events are fixed by a divine or supernatural will, not merely by a chain of cause and effect.
• Ngẫu nhiên (Random): The conceptual opposite of deterministic, meaning occurring by chance.