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PREDETERMINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("predetermination" is a kind of...):
determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)
Derivation:
predetermine (determine beforehand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
Example:
he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("predetermination" is a kind of...):
conclusion; decision; determination (a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration)
Derivation:
predetermine (determine beforehand)
Sense 3
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 ("predetermination" 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 "predetermination"):
election (the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists))
Derivation:
predetermine (determine beforehand)
