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predetermination
16 letters · 10 distinct letters
- noun
(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)
- noun
a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong
- noun
the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place