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Learner's definition of DETERMINATION. 1. [noncount] : a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult. What he lacked in talent he made up for in determination. dogged/fierce/steely/stubborn determination.
Empirical research suggests that people consider determination to be an emotion; in other words, determination is not just a cognitive state, but rather an affective state.