foreordaining
Setting fate early
Foreordaining is determining or decreeing something in advance, especially by divine will.
The word appears most often in religious contexts, where God foreordains events or fates: Scripture teaches that God foreordains all things.
Outside theology, it suggests that outcomes were inevitable from the start: His background seemed to be foreordaining his failure.
Divinely predetermined fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
lot · karma · Moira · Norns · decree · election · divine will · cosmic plan
Determine fate in advance
- prearrangePlan something in advance
- foreknowKnow in advance
- foreseePredict future events
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
appoint · fix · settle · establish · designate · destine · mark out · set apart
Divinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- electionOrganized public voting
- CalvinProtestant Reformation leader
Augustinian · omniscience · foreknowledge · prescience · predetermined · divine will · reprobation
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- fatedDetermined by destiny
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
written in the stars · lot · omen · portent · augury · harbinger · oracle · prophecy
Impossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- certainFree from doubt
- fixedRestored or immovable
- immutableIncapable of being changed
unalterable · irrevocable · predetermined · sealed · fated · destined · inexorable · ineluctable
Cause-effect connection
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- fixedRestored or immovable
immutable · unalterable · inescapable · causal chain · deterministic · hard determinism
Announcing future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
prognostication · presage · revelation · foreshadowing · portent · omen · harbinger · vision
Advance planning of action
- prearrangingOrganizing ahead of time
- preestablishingSetting up in advance
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
- predeterminingDeciding something in advance
mapping out · blueprinting · scheming · plotting · preconceiving · forethought
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
doom · lot · karma · Moira · Norns · decree · election · divine will · cosmic plan · life path
predestine
Determine fate in advance
- prearrangePlan something in advance
- foreknowKnow in advance
- foreseePredict future events
decree · appoint · fix · settle · establish · designate · destine · mark out · set apart · preappoint
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- electionOrganized public voting
Calvin · Augustinian · omniscience · foreknowledge · prescience · predetermined · divine will · reprobation
destiny
Predetermined course of events
prophesied · written in the stars · lot · omen · portent · augury · harbinger · oracle · prophecy · foretelling
inescapable
Impossible to avoid
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- certainFree from doubt
- fixedRestored or immovable
immutable · unalterable · irrevocable · predetermined · sealed · fated · destined · inexorable · ineluctable · unchangeable
causality
Cause-effect connection
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
fixed · immutable · unalterable · inescapable · causal chain · deterministic · hard determinism
foretelling
Announcing future events
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
augury · prognostication · presage · revelation · foreshadowing · portent · omen · harbinger · vision · foreknowledge
premeditation
Advance planning of action
- prearrangingOrganizing ahead of time
- preestablishingSetting up in advance
- orchestratingArranging complex elements harmoniously
predetermining · mapping out · blueprinting · scheming · plotting · preconceiving · forethought
foreordainingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
winging it · playing it by ear · going with the flow · extemporizing · ad-libbing
foreordainingreacting
Giving a response
responding · adapting · adjusting · following · acquiescing
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