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PREDESTINATIONIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
Synonyms:
determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("predestinationist" is a kind of...):
necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)
Derivation:
predestination ((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))
predestination (previous determination as if by destiny or fate)
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