Is there anything to the concept of nominativedeterminism?
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Have you heard of nominativedeterminism?
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And I don't know if theirs was an example of nominativedeterminism -a recurring theme in this column.
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The term nominativedeterminism is the idea that a person's name can influence what they do with their life.
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If ever one was setting a car up for a fall where nominativedeterminism were concerned, it should be this.
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Unity is probably the ultimate example of nominativedeterminism, having been conceived in Swastika, Ontario, and given the middle name Valkyrie at birth.
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And despite being such an obvious candidate for nominativedeterminism -the theory that names influence vocation-he never pursued a career in financial services.
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Nominativedeterminism, you'll remember, is the theory that a person's name can influence, positively or otherwise, his or her choice of career.