predetermination

Meanings

Plural: predeterminations

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)
• a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
  • "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong"
• the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
• The act of determining beforehand.
• Something that has been decided in advance.

Synonyms

foreordination, predestination, preordination

Related Words

predetermine, predeterminer