predetermination

Words with a similar base: predetermination

'predetermination'

[predestination.n.02] as in: (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)

'predetermination'

[predetermination.n.02] as in: a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something

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Examples:
he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong

'predetermination'

[predetermination.n.03] as in: the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place