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retrospective determinisms

retrospective determinisms is the plural of retrospective determinism.

Meaning of retrospective determinism

Noun

retrospective determinism (usually uncountable, plural retrospective determinisms)

  1. (usually) A fallacy consisting in reasoning that because something happened, it was therefore bound to happen.

Questions about retrospective determinisms

What is retrospective determinisms the plural of?
Retrospective determinisms is the plural of retrospective determinism.

Words near retrospective determinisms in the dictionary

  1. retrospecting
  2. retrospection
  3. retrospections
  4. retrospective
  5. retrospective determinism
  6. retrospective determinisms
  7. retrospective memories
  8. retrospective memory
  9. retrospectively
  10. retrospectiveness
  11. retrospectives

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