| 单词 | predestination |
| 释义 | predestination (once / 5178 pages) n If you think everything happens for a reason and we have no control over our own futures, then you believe in predestination. In religious terms, predestination is the belief that everything that happens has already been determined by God — He's got a master plan, and there's no deviating from it. It's kind of a depressing and extreme world view that doesn't leave much room for making personal choices. Predestination is related to the concept of omniscience — meaning God knows everything. If you're a strong believer in free will, then you'll probably hate the idea of predestination. WORD FAMILYpredestination: predestinationist, predestinations+/destination: destinations/destine: destination, destined, destines, destining, predestine/predestinarian: predestinarianism, predestinarians/predestinate: predestinated, predestinately, predestinates, predestinating/predestine: predestinarian, predestinate, predestination, predestined, predestines, predestining/predestined: predestinedly USAGE EXAMPLESOr worse influenced by religious beliefs such as the various conservative Protestant strains of Calvinism that stress predestination. New York Times(Sep 02, 2016) The predestination here is to perennially reckon with unruly and obdurate feeling: people cannot help what moves them, what makes them feel alive. The New Yorker(Sep 09, 2016) And there are millions more who feel predestination in ‘Thou shalt.’ John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) 1n previous determination as if by destiny or fate Hyper destiny, fate an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future 2n (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) Syn|Hypo|Hyper foreordination, predetermination, preordination election the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists) theological doctrine the doctrine of a religious group |
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