Search Result:predetermination
KK Pronunciation
〔 ˏpridIˏtFmIˋneʃәn 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˊpriːdiˏtәːmiˊneiʃәn 〕
Overview of noun predetermination
The noun predetermination has 3 senses
- predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination -- ((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))
- predetermination -- (a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something; "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong")
- predetermination -- (the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place)