Associations to the word «Predetermination»
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Wiktionary
PREDETERMINATION, noun. The act of determining beforehand.
PREDETERMINATION, noun. Something that has been decided in advance.
Dictionary definition
PREDETERMINATION, 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).
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".
PREDETERMINATION, noun. The act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.