'Predetermination' definitions:
Definition of 'predetermination'
From: WordNet
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) [syn: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination]
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
Definition of 'Predetermination'
From: GCIDE
- Predetermination \Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]d['e]termination.] The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'predetermination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute certainty,
- absoluteness,
- act of God,
- aforethought,
- assurance,
- assuredness,
- calculatedness,
- calculation,
- certain knowledge,
- certainness,
- certainty,
- certitude,
- dead certainty,
- definiteness,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- determinacy,
- determinateness,
- express intention,
- expressness,
- fate,
- fatefulness,
- force majeure,
- forejudgment,
- forethought,
- indefeasibility,
- ineluctability,
- inerrability,
- inerrancy,
- inescapableness,
- inevasibleness,
- inevitability,
- inevitable accident,
- inevitableness,
- inexorability,
- infallibilism,
- infallibility,
- inflexibility,
- intentionality,
- irrevocability,
- necessity,
- nonambiguity,
- noncontingency,
- parti pris,
- positiveness,
- preapprehension,
- preconception,
- preconclusion,
- preconsideration,
- predecision,
- predeliberation,
- predestination,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- prejudgment,
- prejudication,
- prejudice,
- premature judgment,
- premeditation,
- prenotion,
- prepossession,
- preresolution,
- presumption,
- presupposal,
- presupposition,
- presurmise,
- probatum,
- proved fact,
- relentlessness,
- sureness,
- surety,
- truth,
- unambiguity,
- unavoidable casualty,
- unavoidableness,
- uncontrollability,
- undeflectability,
- unequivocalness,
- univocity,
- unmistakableness,
- unpreventability,
- unyieldingness,
- vis major