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Determinism vs Parsimonious - What's the difference?

determinism | parsimonious |

As a noun determinism

is the doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.

As an adjective parsimonious is

exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.

determinism

English

Noun

  • (ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.
  • (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.

    • Synonyms

    * fatalism

    Antonyms

    * indeterminism

    Related terms

    * deterministic * non-determinism * predeterminism

    See also

    * compatibilism * incompatibilism

    External links

    * (wikipedia "determinism") English words suffixed with -ism

    parsimonious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
  • Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
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  • * Kiplinger's Personal Finance , January 2002
    • The first three college-savings plans stand out for their parsimonious expenses...
    Statistical methods offer the ability to enforce parsimonious selection of the most influential potential predictors of each gene's state.

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