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Meanings of predetermination in English

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(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)

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        Usage of predetermination in English
        1
        This circumstance wears the look of almost a predetermination to accept defeat.
        The Campaign of Chancellorsville
        2
        The actual facts had little to do with the predetermination of the members.
        Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
        3
        Most fundamentally: there was no presumption of innocence; instead, a predetermination of guilt.
        Reuters
        4
        Foreknowledge and predetermination on his part are impossible, according to Renouvier.
        Modern French Philosophy: a Study of the Development Since Comte
        5
        Some momentary paroxysm prompted the deed; there could have been no preparation, no predetermination.
        The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
        6
        By so appearing, without predetermination, they contradict the first premise.
        The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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        But the predetermination of the new Thomists is not perhaps exactly that which one needs.
        Theodicy / Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and...
        8
        It heard with predetermination, and decided without evidence.
        Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs
        9
        It is a pluralistic world just because the will of man is free, and predetermination is excluded.
        Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
        10
        But in her heart she was convinced of its predetermination by some power other than her own volition.
        Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
        11
        Yet we use the terms "guidance," "predetermination," and so on, at the risk of being misunderstood.
        The Last Harvest
        12
        Williams said the legal advice had stated that was a "situation where predetermination was likely to occur".
        Radio NZ
        13
        Let it be discussed; and, although there were symptoms of predetermination in some, the abolition of it must be carried.
        The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abol...
        14
        Lady Audley said this with the predetermination of dressing at four, and thus dispensing with the services of her attendant.
        Lady Audley's Secret
        15
        Jennings represents these changes as a predetermination of guilt for the accused and the derailing of a, presumably male, life.
        Ebony
        16
        Upon the instant of his recovery, he sprang toward Warburton, silently and with predetermination: he must regain some fragment of those plans.
        The Man on the Box
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        Translations for predetermination
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        predestinação
        Predetermination through the time