predestination

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. previous determination as if by destiny or fate
• Derivationally related forms:
predestinationist, predestine
• Hypernyms:
destiny, fate
2. (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)
• Syn:
foreordination, preordination, predetermination
• Derivationally related forms:
predetermine (for: predetermination), preordain (for: preordination), foreordain (for: foreordination), predestinarian, predestinationist, predestine
• Topics:
theology, divinity
• Hypernyms:
theological doctrine
• Hyponyms:
election

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  foreordination, preordination, predetermination