chosenness
State of being picked
Chosenness is the state of being chosen, particularly in religious contexts where a group believes itself selected by God for a special purpose or covenant.
The term appears most often in discussions of Jewish identity and theology: The concept of chosenness has been debated by Jewish thinkers for centuries.
It can carry positive connotations of divine favor or negative ones of exclusivity and superiority, depending on interpretation and speaker.
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- predestinedDecided in advance
- selectedDeliberately chosen
- calledContacted by phone
- appointedAssigned to office
ordained · favored · marked · designated · singled-out · preferential · exceptional · distinctive
State of being limited
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
specialness · distinction · separateness · selectivity · insider · ingroup · elitism · supremacy
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- kismetPreordained future outcome
determinism · preordain · destined · lot · doom · fatalism · inevitability · calling
elect
Choose by vote
- predestinedDecided in advance
- selectedDeliberately chosen
- calledContacted by phone
appointed · ordained · favored · marked · designated · singled-out · preferential · exceptional · distinctive · singular
exclusivity
State of being limited
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
superiority · specialness · distinction · separateness · selectivity · insider · ingroup · elitism · supremacy · birthright
fate
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
kismet · determinism · preordain · destined · lot · doom · fatalism · inevitability · calling · purpose
sacred
Worthy of reverence
- holyDedicated to the divine
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- sanctifiedMade sacred through blessing
venerated · spiritual · godly · righteous · saintly · beatified · heavenly · celestial · transcendent · covenant
chosennessrejection
Denial of acceptance
exclusion · unchosen · passed over · forsaken · abandonment
chosennessrandomness
Lack of predictable pattern
accident · chance · arbitrariness · happenstance · coincidence
chosennessordinariness
State of being unremarkable
commonness · unremarkableness · anonymity · insignificance · mundaneness
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