predetermination
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1. the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | determination, finding, |
| definition | : | the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation (noun.act) |
2. a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something (noun.cognition)
3. (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.cognition)
| hyponym | : | election, |
| definition | : | the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | divinity, theology, |
| definition | : | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth (noun.cognition) |
4. the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place (noun.act)
5. (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.cognition)
| derivation | : | predetermine, |
| definition | : | determine beforehand (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | predestinarian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination (adj.pert) |
6. the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place (noun.act)
7. (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.cognition)
| derivation | : | predetermine, |
| definition | : | determine beforehand (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | predestinarian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination (adj.pert) |
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