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Definition predestination in American English

predestination noun

[uncountable] noun
/priˌdestɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
1

the belief that people have no control over events because God or another force has arranged everything that is going to happen

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2

the belief that God decided at the beginning of time who would go to heaven and who would not

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Definition predestination in American English