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predestination
[ pri-des-tuh-ney-shuhn, pree-des- ]
noun
- an act of predestinating or predestining.
- the state of being predestinated or predestined.
- fate; destiny.
- Theology.
- the action of God in foreordaining from eternity whatever comes to pass.
- the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation. Compare election ( def 5 ), double predestination.
predestination
/ 辫谤颈藧藢诲蓻蝉迟瑟藞苍别瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- theol
- the act of God foreordaining every event from eternity
- the doctrine or belief, esp associated with Calvin, that the final salvation of some of mankind is foreordained from eternity by God
- the act of predestining or the state of being predestined
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of predestination1
Example Sentences
Linda does not believe in the predestination of zodiac signs, but there is nothing stopping her from choosing to represent her own, at her own free will.
That autonomy keeps 鈥淢aria鈥 from being a thematic gut punch about predestination like Larra铆n鈥檚 other outings, but Jolie鈥檚 stunning central performance makes up for what the film鈥檚 story lacks.
Gail fed her children鈥檚 developing minds with notions of predestination, aliens and the occult.
He said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 an attempt to predict the future, which is, of course, impossible. So it ties into the themes of fate, predestination, and the unpredictability of the future.鈥
Where the first season was an examination of predestination and an identity reset for its namesake hero, these new episodes play with determinism 鈥 the theory that all our actions are inevitable.
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