Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun predestination

2 senses of predestination

Sense 1
predestination -- (previous determination as if by destiny or fate)
       => destiny, fate -- (an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future)

Sense 2
predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination -- ((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))
       => theological doctrine -- (the doctrine of a religious group)