predeterminate
Fixed in advance
Predeterminate means decided or established in advance—fixed before the relevant events occur.
The word appears in philosophical and theological contexts discussing whether outcomes are fated: Is human destiny predeterminate or subject to free will?
It overlaps with predetermined but sounds more formal and less common.
Doctrine of causal necessity
- causationProduction of effects
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
agency · inevitability · antecedent · causal chain · metaphysics · libertarianism · hard determinism · Spinoza
Divinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
sovereignty · chosen · grace · salvation · providence · unconditional · reprobation · Augustine
Restored or immovable
- presetConfigured before use
- programmedSet with instructions
- geneticRelating to heredity
- innateExisting since birth
hardwired · biological · instinctual · encoded · developmental · embryonic · epigenetic · invariant
Organized ahead of time
- presetConfigured before use
- preconfiguredSet up in advance
- establishedFormally set up
- fixedRestored or immovable
specified · stipulated · protocol · algorithm · default · standardized · prescribed · systematic
determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- causationProduction of effects
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
free will · agency · inevitability · antecedent · causal chain · metaphysics · libertarianism · hard determinism · Spinoza · Leibniz
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
Calvinism · sovereignty · chosen · grace · salvation · providence · unconditional · reprobation · Augustine · fatalism
fixed
Restored or immovable
- presetConfigured before use
- programmedSet with instructions
- geneticRelating to heredity
innate · hardwired · biological · instinctual · encoded · developmental · embryonic · epigenetic · invariant · constant
prearranged
Organized ahead of time
- presetConfigured before use
- preconfiguredSet up in advance
- establishedFormally set up
fixed · specified · stipulated · protocol · algorithm · default · standardized · prescribed · systematic · formulaic
predeterminatespontaneous
Arising without external cause
unplanned · impromptu · unpremeditated · extemporaneous · improvisational
predeterminateundetermined
Not yet established
indeterminate · open-ended · contingent · uncertain · variable
predeterminateunintentional
Not done on purpose
unwitting · accidental · inadvertent · chance · random