Synonyms for predetermination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pree-di-tur-min |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpri dɪˈtɜr mɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for predetermination Other synonyms for the word predetermination
- act of God
- action
- actuation
- afterlife
- angle
- annihilation
- break
- breaks
- certainty
- conclusion
- condemnation
- condition
- constellation
- course of events
- cup
- death
- decree
- design
- destination
- destiny
- destruction
- disposition
- divine decree
- doom
- drive
- end
- expectation
- fate
- finality
- fire
- fixed future
- foreordination
- fortune
- get up and go
- gimmick
- God's plan
- God's will
- goose
- handwriting on wall
- happenstance
- hereafter
- horoscope
- hunger
- impetus
- impulse
- impulsion
- incentive
- incitation
- incitement
- inclination
- inducement
- inevitability
- inevitable accident
- instigation
- intent
- intention
- interest
- judgment
- Judgment Day
- karma
- kick
- kismet
- lap of the gods
- lot
- luck
- Moira
- Moirai
- motive
- objective
- opinion
- ordinance
- persuasion
- portion
- predestination
- predetermination
- predisposition
- prospect
- provocation
- push
- reason
- right stuff
- ruin
- sentence
- serendipity
- spur
- stimulus
- suggestion
- the stars
- tragedy
- unavoidable casualty
- verdict
- vis major
- way the ball bounces
- way the cookie crumbles
- what is in the books
- what is written
- wheel of fortune
- wish
- world to come
Définition of predetermination
Origin :- 1630s; see predetermine + -ation.
- As in motivation : noun ambition, inspiration
- As in predestination : noun destiny
- As in force majeure : noun uncontrollable event
- As in : noun fate
- As in destiny : noun fate
- As in doom : noun fate or decision, usually unpleasant
- God's absolute decree and predetermination of all events, good or evil.
- Extract from : « The Arabian Nights Entertainments » by Anonymous
- But the predetermination of the new Thomists is not perhaps exactly that which one needs.
- Extract from : « Theodicy » by G. W. Leibniz
- That is involved in prevision and predetermination, and forms the reason thereof.
- Extract from : « Theodicy » by G. W. Leibniz
- It heard with predetermination, and decided without evidence.
- Extract from : « Brave Men and Women » by O.E. Fuller
- This is indeed shifting the argument; for if Gods knowledge makes an event certain, of course it is not his predetermination.
- Extract from : « Calvinistic Controversy » by Wilbur Fisk
- What effect this predetermination of character has had upon his artistic development shall be discussed in another place.
- Extract from : « John Greenleaf Whittier » by W. Sloane Kennedy
- The man who pays is the real enthusiast; he comes with a predetermination to be amused, and his spirit is exalted accordingly.
- Extract from : « Harper's Magazine, Vol III, June 1851 » by Various
- Predetermination on the part of many has been fatal to the value of their field work.
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, July 1899 » by Various
- This circumstance wears the look of almost a predetermination to accept defeat.
- Extract from : « The Campaign of Chancellorsville » by Theodore A. Dodge
- But in her heart she was convinced of its predetermination by some power other than her own volition.
- Extract from : « The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete » by Winston Churchill
Antonyms for predetermination
- accusation
- beginning
- birth
- blessing
- block
- boon
- building
- choice
- commencement
- concept
- construction
- continuity
- creation
- depression
- deterrent
- discouragement
- dislike
- dullness
- free will
- good fortune
- good luck
- happiness
- hate
- hatred
- hindrance
- miracle
- misfortune
- prevention
- start
- success
- theory
- volition
- whole
- wonder
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