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单词 predetermination
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predeterminationn.

Brit. /ˌpriːdᵻˌtəːmᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpridəˌtərməˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1600s–1700s praedetermination, 1600s– predetermination.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, determination n.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + determination n., after predetermine v. Compare post-classical Latin predeterminatio prearrangement (c1367 in a British source), French prédétermination (1636).
1. A previous assessment, calculation, or decision; a preliminary ruling or plan. Also: the action of making or giving a decision on a matter before it has been duly considered or discussed; an instance of this; prior judgement, prejudice.
ΚΠ
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. xii. 297 The first of Nouember, according to the Generals predetermination, we returned to the North-wards as the winds and tides permitted.
1644 J. Maxwell Answer to Worthy Gentleman 40 They depose the Queen Regent, the predetermination being given, that it was lawfull for them to do so, by Mr Knox and Mr Wilcockes.
1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 259 Shall the King countenance that Assembly,..where deliberation can have no place, all parties coming with prejudice, and predetermination of the businesse in question?
1703 J. Maxwell Presbytery Display'd 27 They depose the Queen Regent, the pre-determination being given, that it was lawful for them to do so, by Mr. Knox and Mr. Wilcocks.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 254 That there appeared a manifest inequality, not to say predetermination, that Congress should request of their constituents power to judge and determine in the cause.
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. vii. 140 In the evening it was found, according to the predetermination of Mrs. Grant and her sister, that after making up the Whist table there would remain sufficient for a round game. View more context for this quotation
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. xviii. 318 Without telling himself the reason, he deferred the predetermination on which side he should give his vote.
1938 Musical Times 79 523/2 At least two famous firms of today would be the poorer without certain of Hope Jones's predeterminations.
1961 Accounting Rev. 36 247/1 A depreciation plan requires a predetermination of the service values, applicable costs, and implicit interest rate.
1998 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 20 July 12 The Crown has made a predetermination on what it expects to spend with claims.
2005 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 28 June b3 The decision..affirms a judge's April ruling that the town council did not act with bias or predetermination in granting zoning approval.
2. The action of determining or establishing an outcome, course of events, etc., in advance; predestination; the fact of being determined in this way; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination
foresettinga1300
destiningc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinationc1450
pre-ordinance1486
destinacy1490
predestination?1503
pre-ordination1527
foreordinance1530
predefinition?1548
fore-appointing1589
destination1598
ordainment1605
foreordination1620
predeterminationa1628
fatalitya1631
destinating1633
predesignationa1641
foreordaining1667
preordainmenta1847
pre-appointment1850
pre-election1860
foreordainment1879
providentialism1927
a1628 N. Carpenter Achitophel (1629) 32 The preordination of the Agent, which with our Diuines, against the Tenent of Arminius, I dare to call Predetermination.
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική Ep. Ded. 33 The Calvinists are fierce in the matters of absolute Predetermination.
1659 G. Lawson Theo-politica ii. iv. 115 Predestination may signifie a Pre-determination, or Decree, to Elect or Reprobate: But thus we do not find it used in the Book of God.
a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 487 He makes this difference to arise from the forecast and præ-determination of the Gods themselves.
1784 E. Allen Reason ii. §8. 98 Yet it is hard for such persons, who have verily believed that they are elected (and thus by a predetermination of God become his special favorites) to give up their notions of a predetermination of all events.
1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) vi. 160 Those who held extreme opinions on the subject of Divine predetermination.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 13 July 2/3 To impress us with the wonderful co-ordination and predetermination of natural laws.
1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy (1928) xi. 91 ‘Praedestinatio ambigua’, the predetermination of all men either to be saved or to be damned.
1963 A. Baraka Blues People i. 6 A culture with complex concepts of predetermination and the subservience of the human being to a complex of gods.
1979 Dædalus Summer 109 It survived amidst all the Calvinist rhetoric of predetermination.
2000 D. McLellan in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 412/2 There were..elements in Marx's thought that tended to overemphasize aspects of necessity and predetermination in his view of society.
3. The action of determining or fixing the limits or extent of a thing beforehand; = prelimitation n. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > beforehand
prelimitation1638
predeterminationc1650
prelimiting1652
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > restriction or limitation > beforehand
prelimitation1638
predeterminationc1650
prelimiting1652
c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 500 Aganis the predetermination and perlimitation of the Assemblie, they gave six Reasons.
4. A pre-existing tendency, propensity, or inclination to an action, etc. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > previous inclination or predisposition
predisposition1626
predisposedness1645
predeterminationa1716
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 94 Some..assert that the creature never advances into action, but by an irresistible pre-determination of the faculty to that action.
5. Prior resolve or mental determination; an instance of this; a pre-established intention to do something.
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the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose
willeOE
highOE
thoughtOE
intent?c1225
achesounc1230
attenta1250
couragec1320
devicec1320
minda1325
studya1382
understanding1382
suggestionc1390
meaninga1393
i-minda1400
minta1400
tent1399
castc1400
ettlingc1400
affecta1425
advicec1425
intention1430
purposec1430
proposea1450
intendment1450
supposing?c1450
pretensionc1456
intellectionc1460
zeal1492
hest?a1513
minting?a1513
institute?1520
intendingc1525
mindfulness1530
cogitationa1538
fordrift1549
forecast1549
designing1566
tention1587
levela1591
intendiment1595
design1597
suppose1597
aim1598
regarda1616
idea1617
contemplationa1631
speculation1631
view1634
way of thinking1650
designation1658
tend1663
would1753
predetermination1764
will to art1920
1764 D. E. Baker Compan. to Play-house II. at Banks, Mr. John We are apt to receive [them] with a Kind of partial Prepossession, and a Pre-determination to be pleased.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. iii. 194 Hear me, then, I beg of you, with no pre-determination to disregard me.
1831 T. Carlyle Niebelungenlied in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 134 In spite of her rigorous predeterminations, some kindness for him is already gliding in.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 369 Mr. Winwood Reade..went down..with a pre-determination to prove Du Chaillu was wrong.
1932 Z. Fitzgerald Couple of Nuts in Scribner's Mag. Aug. 84/2 The blue surface of her eyes was jagged with a predetermination not to care.
1998 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 10 July 3 The prosecution had argued the way it [sc. the cord] was tied indicated a predetermination to kill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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