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predestination
pree-des-tuh-NAY-shuhn
noun
the idea that all things are preordained; destiny
1984Stephen KingThinner'You might be surprised.' Billy felt a sense of deep calm and predestination - not deja vu but real predestination.1995J. D. RobbRapture In DeathDeliberately, she swiveled in her chair, watching the air traffic clog the sky outside her window. Predestination. Fate. Genetic imprint. If she were to believe in any of that, what was the point of her job—or her life, for that matter? If there was no choice, no changing, why struggle to save lives or stand for the dead when the struggle failed?1998Ed McBainThe Big Bad City'Are we about to get into a discussion of free will?' | 'I hope not.' | 'Determinism? Predestination?' | 'That's not what ...' | 'Double predestination? Calvinism? Am I back at the seminary?'

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