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单词 precausation
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precausationn.

Brit. /ˌpriːkɔːˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprikɔˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌprikɑˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, causation n.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + causation n.
rare.
Prior causation; predetermination.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > premeditation
aforethoughta1400
forethoughta1400
premeditation?a1475
designment1570
preconsideration1593
predeliberationa1631
fore-plot1641
premeditatedness1659
design1665
precausation1670
contrivance1695
preconfiguration1830
precontrivance1832
designfulness1867
1670 R. Baxter Life of Faith (new ed.) ii. ix. 163 By his sustentation, and universal precausation and concourse.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 482 The ideas of precausation and fatality, of certainty and necessity, are so strongly rivetted together in men's minds..,that it is not easy to keep them asunder.
1963 Instructor June 205/2 This view contradicts not only Sartre and Berdyaev on self-creation, but also the Calvinistic concept of absolute precausation of all realities.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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