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PREDESTINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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:
foreordination; predestination; predetermination; preordination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("predestination" is a kind of...):
theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)
Domain category:
divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "predestination"):
election (the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists))
Derivation:
predestinarian (of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination)
predestinationist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)
predestine (foreordain by divine will or decree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Previous determination as if by destiny or fate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("predestination" is a kind of...):
destiny; fate (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)
Derivation:
predestinationist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)
predestine (foreordain or determine beforehand)
predestine (decree or determine beforehand)
