the doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples, who maintained that salvation was limited to those subject to a supernatural determinism, the rest being destined to perdition
2.
the religious movement arising from these doctrines
Derived forms
Jansenist (ˈJansenist)
noun, adjective
Jansenistic (ˌJansenˈistic) or Jansenistical (ˈJansenˌistical)
adjective
Jansenism in American English
(ˈdʒænsənˌɪzəm)
noun
a set of rigorous, unorthodox, predestinarian doctrines held by Cornelis Jansen