predeterminations
Decisions made beforehand
Predeterminations are decisions or conclusions reached in advance, before full evidence is available.
The word often implies unfairness—a judge with predeterminations has already made up her mind: The committee's predeterminations made the hearing a mere formality.
In theology, predetermination refers to divine foreordaining of events or fates.
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
preordained · karma · doom · fortune · decree · fated · inevitable · divination
Total absence of doubt
- inescapabilityState of being certain
- unavoidabilityState of being certain
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- immutabilityInability to change
fixedness · unalterability · irrevocability · foregone · locked in · set in stone · sealed fate
Choosing beforehand from candidates
- prearrangementPrior organization of details
- presetConfigured before use
- riggedFraudulently arranged beforehand
- scriptedWritten out beforehand
staged · orchestrated · preplanned · preestablished · allocation · scheduling
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- prejudgmentOpinion formed beforehand
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- presuppositionImplicit prior assumption
foregone conclusion · partiality · predisposition · stereotype · discrimination · favoritism · closed-mindedness · prejudicial
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
foreordained · preordained · karma · doom · fortune · decree · fated · inevitable · divination · prophecy
certainty
Total absence of doubt
- inescapabilityState of being certain
- unavoidabilityState of being certain
- necessityIndispensable requirement
immutability · fixedness · unalterability · irrevocability · foregone · locked in · set in stone · sealed fate
preselection
Choosing beforehand from candidates
- prearrangementPrior organization of details
- presetConfigured before use
- riggedFraudulently arranged beforehand
scripted · staged · orchestrated · preplanned · preestablished · allocation · scheduling
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- preconceptionBelief formed beforehand
- prejudgmentOpinion formed beforehand
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
presupposition · foregone conclusion · partiality · predisposition · stereotype · discrimination · favoritism · closed-mindedness · prejudicial · presumption
predeterminationsimprovisations
Spontaneous unrehearsed performances
snap decisions · impulses · whims · gut reactions · caprices
predeterminationsaccidents
Unintended harmful occurrences
happenstances · contingencies · uncertainties · coincidences · luck
predeterminationsopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
indeterminacy · flexibility · adaptability · receptiveness · contingency