predetermination
Nouns
- (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) foreordination, preordination, predestination,
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(n) a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
- he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong
- (n) the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place