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Predetermination

Predetermination Meaning & Definition
Predetermination Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Predetermination?

[n] the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
[n] (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Predetermination: foreordination | predestination | preordination

Related Terms | Find terms related to Predetermination: absolute certainty | absoluteness | act of God | aforethought | assurance | assuredness | calculatedness | calculation | certain knowledge | certainness | certainty | certitude | dead certainty | definiteness | deliberateness | deliberation | determinacy | determinateness | express intention | expressness | fate | fatefulness | force majeure | forejudgment | forethought | indefeasibility | ineluctability | inerrability | inerrancy | inescapableness | inevasibleness | inevitability | inevitable accident | inevitableness | inexorability | infallibilism | infallibility | inflexibility | intentionality | irrevocability | necessity | nonambiguity | noncontingency | parti pris | positiveness | preapprehension | preconception | preconclusion | preconsideration | predecision | predeliberation | predestination | predilection | predisposition | prejudgment | prejudication | prejudice | premature judgment | premeditation | prenotion | prepossession | preresolution | presumption | presupposal | presupposition | presurmise | probatum | proved fact | relentlessness | sureness | surety | truth | unambiguity | unavoidable casualty | unavoidableness | uncontrollability | undeflectability | unequivocalness | univocity | unmistakableness | unpreventability | unyieldingness | vis major

See Also | determination | finding | theological doctrine

Predetermination In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]d['e]termination.] The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. --Hammond.

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