predetermination

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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
noun the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place

From pre- + determination.

Helen Talboys deserted her infant sonshe went away from Wildernsea with the predetermination of sinking her identity. — Lady Audley's Secret, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
=Final Stress= differs from radical stress principally in this, that while it equally indicates energy and positiveness, it does so as in accordance with predetermination and reflection. — The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886, Ontario. Department of Education
Nowadays, we have a soft determinism which abhors harsh words, and, repudiating fatality, necessity, and even predetermination, says that its real name is freedom; for freedom is only necessity understood, and bondage to the highest is identical with true freedom. — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James

predestination, foreordination, preordination

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