predetermination
Fate decided beforehand
Predetermination is the act of deciding or settling something in advance, before full information is available or events unfold: The judge's predetermination of guilt violated due process.
In theological contexts, it refers to the doctrine that God has foreordained all events, including human salvation—closely related to predestination.
The word often carries negative connotations of closed-mindedness or bias.
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- fatedDetermined by destiny
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
lot · fortune · stars · written · inescapable · inevitable · sealed · foreknowledge
Divinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
- electionOrganized public voting
Calvinism · ordained · theodicy · omniscience · divine will · salvation · grace · damnation
Doctrine of causal necessity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- causalityCause-effect connection
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
metaphysics · Spinoza · Leibniz · Schopenhauer · causal chain · hard determinism · moral responsibility · agency
Total absence of doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- immutableIncapable of being changed
irrevocable · unstoppable · ineluctable · irreversible · foregone · guaranteed · assured · locked in
Prior organization of details
- presetConfigured before use
- preconfiguredSet up in advance
- fixedRestored or immovable
- scheduledArranged for specific time
programmed · preplanned · preselected · rigged · setup · choreographed · scripted · orchestrated
destiny
Predetermined course of events
doom · lot · fortune · stars · written · inescapable · inevitable · sealed · foreknowledge · oracle
predestination
Divinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- divine decreeGod's official pronouncement
- foreordinationPredetermined divine decree
election · Calvinism · ordained · theodicy · omniscience · divine will · salvation · grace · damnation · reprobation
determinism
Doctrine of causal necessity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- causalityCause-effect connection
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
libertarianism · metaphysics · Spinoza · Leibniz · Schopenhauer · causal chain · hard determinism · moral responsibility · agency · volition
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- unavoidableImpossible to prevent
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
immutable · irrevocable · unstoppable · ineluctable · irreversible · foregone · guaranteed · assured · locked in · set in stone
prearrangement
Prior organization of details
- presetConfigured before use
- preconfiguredSet up in advance
- fixedRestored or immovable
scheduled · programmed · preplanned · preselected · rigged · setup · choreographed · scripted · orchestrated · premeditated
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- free willfree will, choice, volition, autonomy, initiative
- medical billingmedical billing, claim, copay, copayment, co-payment
- criminal intentmens rea, guilty mind, criminal intent, intent, malice aforethought
- snap judgmentssnap judgment, snap decision, hasty conclusion, rush to judgment, jumping to conclusions
- theodicytheodicy, problem of evil, divine justice, greater good, innocent suffering
predeterminationfree will
Autonomous choice capacity
chance · randomness · free choice · freedom of choice · accident
predeterminationspontaneity
Acting without forethought
improvisation · open-endedness · contingency · randomness · chance
predeterminationlibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
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