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PREDESTINARIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

Synonyms:

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("predestinarian" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

predestination ((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))

Derivation:

predestination ((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))

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