Dictionary

predestination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Etymology

From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
3. (countable, uncountable) Destiny or fate.

Forms

Deriveds

nonpredestination · predestinationist · predestinationism

Relateds

determinism · irresistible grace · predestinational · Augustinian

Synonyms

fate · preordination · predestiny · fortune · qadar · doom · chance · foreordination · fortune · wyrd · kismet · doom · destiny · lot · portion · destin · orlay · weird · fatality · foredoom · predestination

Translations (46)

te ప్రారబ్ధము (destiny or fate) · eo sortdifino (religious doctrine) · es predestinación (religious doctrine) · ota تقدیر (religious doctrine) · cmn 前定 (destiny or fate) · da forudbestemmelse (religious doctrine) · nb forutbestemmelse (religious doctrine) · de Prädestination (religious doctrine) · cmn 宿命论 (religious doctrine) · gl predestinación (religious doctrine) · bg орис (destiny or fate) · pl predestynacja (destiny or fate) · fi kohtalo (destiny or fate) · hy նախասահմանություն (religious doctrine) · ru предназначе́ние (religious doctrine) · cy rhagarfaeth (religious doctrine) · ru предназначение (destiny or fate) · nl voorbestemdheid (religious doctrine) · ast predestinación (religious doctrine) · sv förutbestämmelse (religious doctrine) · nn predestinasjon (religious doctrine) · ang foreteohhung (destiny or fate) · ru предопределе́ние (religious doctrine) · bg предопределение (religious doctrine) · nn forutbestemming (religious doctrine) · ko 예정 (religious doctrine) · fi ennaltamäärääminen (religious doctrine) · cs předurčení (religious doctrine) · nl predestinatie (religious doctrine) · sv predestination (religious doctrine) · ang foreteohhung (religious doctrine) · da prædestination (religious doctrine) · fa تقدیر (religious doctrine) · pl predestynacja (religious doctrine) · sh предодређење (religious doctrine) · de Vorherbestimmung (religious doctrine) · vi tiền định (religious doctrine) · pt predestinação (religious doctrine) · fi predestinaatio (religious doctrine) · uk напередвизначення (religious doctrine) · sh predodređenje (religious doctrine) · hy նախասահմանում (religious doctrine) · fr prédestination (religious doctrine) · el προορισμός (religious doctrine) · ca predestinació (religious doctrine) · nb predestinasjon (religious doctrine)