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predestination

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Various denominations disagree about topics like predestination, but don't ultimately place a lot of value on those topics.

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Quick take

Destiny or fate.

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noun

Destiny or fate.

noun

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

noun

(Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for predestination.

noun

(Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.

See also: preordination, predetermination, foreordination

Example sentences

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Various denominations disagree about topics like predestination, but don't ultimately place a lot of value on those topics.

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The basic American cultural value is equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome, or predestination by social class.

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There are no themes discussed, well except that it sounds like the book might involve free will and predestination.

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Gattaca is a great movie -- one of my favorites -- but genetics is not predestination.

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): Near the end of the Institutes, Calvin describes and defends the doctrine of predestination....

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In all honesty, Google's apparent predestination as the world's preeminent data corporation has me strongly considering looking for employment with them.

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Underlying Luther's and to a greater extent Calvin's philosophies is the notion of predestination.

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And this is an essay about capitalism and protestantism that can be paradoxal (how believing in predestination makes you fight against the odds).

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Not all religious sects have an afterlife and some, like Calvinists, believe in predestination, so nothing you do affects where you are going anyway.

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I consider predestination to be a more harmful idea than any Protestant work ethic (however inconsistent it is in practice), honestly.

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Thus part of the incapacity attached to old age is not biological predestination but also affected through the current and past lifestyle of the old person.

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Worse yet, it also hints at predestination.

Quote examples

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Old connections suggest predestination ("born to lead") and, because of that, have a cachet that new connections (though carrying more signal) don't.

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I was under the assumption that the entire idea of the "protestant work ethic" had it's roots in calvanism and predestination not farming.

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“Your algorithm is bad because you are bad” is the 2026 version of Double Predestination.

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This badmouthing of Meritocracy is a way for the ones who are in power but don't deserve to be there as a way of maintaining that power" The myth of meritocracy is more akin to predestination.

Proper noun examples

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Predestination rejected this, stating instead that God chooses the saved at birth.

2

Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes), Predestination, Triangle, Primer are some of my favorites.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use predestination in a sentence?

Various denominations disagree about topics like predestination, but don't ultimately place a lot of value on those topics.

What does predestination mean?

Destiny or fate.

What part of speech is predestination?

predestination is commonly used as noun.