predetermination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (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)
    foreordination; preordination; predestination.
  2. noun a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
    • he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong
  3. noun the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place

WordNet

Pre`de*ter`mi*na"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. prédétermination.
Definitions
  1. The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.

Webster 1913