noun
1. (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)
• Syn: ↑predestination, ↑foreordination, ↑preordination
• Derivationally related forms: ↑predetermine, ↑preordain (for: ↑preordination), ↑foreordain (for: ↑foreordination), ↑predestinarian (for: ↑predestination), ↑predestinationist (for: ↑predestination), ↑predestine (for: ↑predestination)
• Hypernyms: ↑theological doctrine
• Hyponyms: ↑election
2. a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
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he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong
• Derivationally related forms: ↑predetermine
• Hypernyms: ↑decision, ↑determination, ↑conclusion
3. the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
• Derivationally related forms: ↑predetermine
• Hypernyms: ↑determination, ↑finding
Useful english dictionary. 2012.