voluntaristic

Examples

• All

• At a philosophical level, one may understand campaigns for democracy in the developing world as contests of the deterministic social forces of history, culture, and economy, with the voluntaristic forces of human will and determination.

  Academic text (1994)

• It makes culture seem overly voluntaristic, as if it were something individuals choose to use, rather than something they are socially influenced to use.

  Academic text (2008)

• Gans (1979) termed such voluntaristic identities that are transmutable and not intrinsic "symbolic ethnicity."

  Academic text (2003)

• A voluntaristic orientation reflects the view that individuals and organizations are "autonomous, proactive, self-directing agents" (Astley & Van de Ven, 1983, p. 247).

  Academic text (2014)

• The increased level of expectation might result in increased scrutiny and responsiveness on the part of the institutions, which could result in either a reactive response (deterministic orientation) or a proactive stance (voluntaristic orientation) to address those problems.

  Academic text (2014)

• The sociologist emphasized a voluntaristic approach, arguing that people's choices significantly shape their social reality.

• In discussions about free will, the voluntaristic perspective highlights the importance of personal agency in decision-making.

• Many educators adopt a voluntaristic philosophy, encouraging students to take responsibility for their learning and choices.

Antonyms

C

compulsory

31 4.2

Required by law or rule

D

deterministic

• Specialized

8 7.7

When things that happen before make the result sure and not random

Surface Forms

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Etymology