(biology) A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage.

Marked by self-determination.

The ability or right to make one's own decisions without interference from others / (politics) The political independence of a people

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

plural of non-determinism

The hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine the majority of psychological and behavioural traits.

(linguistics) A phrase headed by a determiner.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of self-determine

present participle of self-determine

To make one's own decisions without outside interference.