providentialism
/ˌprɒvɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)m/noun
The belief that events are predestined by God or fate.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Julian Huxley (1887–1975), zoologist and philosopher. From providential + -ism. Compare French providentisme, providentialisme.
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