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predetermination n. 預定,先決 預定,先決 predetermination n 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) [ synonym: { predestination}, { foreordination}, { preordination}, { predetermination}] 2: a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something; " he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong" 3: the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take placePredetermination \ Pre` de* ter` mi* na" tion\, n. [ Cf. F. pr[' e] d[' e] termination.] The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God' s will. -- Hammond. [ 1913 Webster] 83 Moby Thesaurus words for " predetermination": absolute certainty, absoluteness, act of God, aforethought, assurance, assuredness, calculatedness, calculation, certain knowledge, certainness, certainty, certitude, dead certainty, definiteness, deliberateness, deliberation, determinacy, determinateness, express intention, expressness, fate, fatefulness, force majeure, forejudgment, forethought, indefeasibility, ineluctability, inerrability, inerrancy, inescapableness, inevasibleness, inevitability, inevitable accident, inevitableness, inexorability, infallibilism, infallibility, inflexibility, intentionality, irrevocability, necessity, nonambiguity, noncontingency, parti pris, positiveness, preapprehension, preconception, preconclusion, preconsideration, predecision, predeliberation, predestination, predilection, predisposition, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, premature judgment, premeditation, prenotion, prepossession, preresolution, presumption, presupposal, presupposition, presurmise, probatum, proved fact, relentlessness, sureness, surety, truth, unambiguity, unavoidable casualty, unavoidableness, uncontrollability, undeflectability, unequivocalness, univocity, unmistakableness, unpreventability, unyieldingness, vis major
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