Predetermination

Definition: Predetermination

Predetermination

Noun

1. (theology) the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind).

Date "predetermination" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Synonyms: Predetermination

Synonyms: foreordination (n), predestination (n), preordination (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Predetermination

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Intention	Noun: intent, intention, intentionality; purpose; quo animo; project; undertaking; predetermination; design, ambition.
Necessity	Noun: involuntariness; instinct, blind impulse; inborn proclivity, innate proclivity; native tendency, natural tendency; natural impulse, predetermination.
Predetermination	Noun: predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation, predetermination; foregone conclusion, fait accompli; parti pris; resolve, propendency; intention; project; fate, foredoom, necessity.
Will	Pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind; (inclination); intention; predetermination; selfcontrol; determination; (resolution); force of will.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Predetermination

English words defined with "predetermination": Calvinistic Baptist ♦ Particular Baptist. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Predetermination

"Predetermination" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Predetermination" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Predetermination

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "predetermination": sex-predetermination.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Predetermination

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
predetermination	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Predetermination

Language		Translations for "predetermination"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		paracaktim (designation, destination, prearrangement). (various references)

Arabic		‏قدر محتوم (predetermined), ‏تحديد مسبق, ‏تحديد إرادة الأنسان بشكل مسبق, ‏سبق التعين, ‏الجبرية (fatalism). (various references)

French		prédétermination. (various references)

German		Vorausbestimmung (prearrangement). (various references)

Greek		προκαθορισμόσ, προδιάθεση (predisposition, prepossession). (various references)

Hebrew		קבוע מראש (predetermined, prejudge, set). (various references)

Hungarian		predesztináció (absolutism, predestination), előre megfontolt szándék (forethought). (various references)

Manx		roie-hoiaghey (predetermine). (various references)

Pig Latin		edeterminationpray

Russian		предопределение (predestination, preordination). (various references)

Spanish		predeterminación. (various references)

Turkish		önceden saptama, önceden kararlaştırma, önceden belirleme. (various references)

Ukrainian		визначення наперед. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Predetermination

Derivations
	Words beginning with "predetermination": predeterminations. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Predetermination"

Words rhyming with "predetermination" (pronounced 'Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Predetermination

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: redetermination.
	-2 letters: pretermination.
	-3 letters: determination, indeterminate, premeditation, preordainment, repartitioned.
	-4 letters: determinator, intermediate, premeditator, prenominated, redemptioner, reorientated.
	-5 letters: aminopterin, deteriorate, determinant, determinate, detrainment, entertained, entertainer, impertinent, impetration, intemperate, intenerated, interpreted, madreporite, partitioned, partitioner, penetration, pentamidine, predominant, predominate, premeditate, prenominate, reiteration, remediation, renominated, reorientate, repartition, repatterned, termination, trepidation.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: predeterminations.
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