different between determinism vs predestination

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m?n?z?m/

Noun

determinism (countable and uncountable, plural determinisms)

1. (ethics) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.

   Synonym: fatalism

   Antonym: indeterminism

   Hyponyms: hard determinism, soft determinism

2. (computing) The property of having behavior determined only by initial state and input.

   Antonym: indeterminism

Related terms

• determinist
• deterministic
• non-determinism
• predeterminism

Translations

See also

• compatibilism
• incompatibilism

Further reading

• determinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French déterminisme

Noun

determinism n (uncountable)

1. determinism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedestinatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.d?s.t??ne?.?en/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: pre?des?ti?na?tion

Noun

predestination (countable and uncountable, plural predestinations)

1. (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
2. (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
3. Destiny or fate.

Related terms

• determinism
• predestinational

Translations

Old French

Noun

predestination f (oblique plural predestinations, nominative singular predestination, nominative plural predestinations)

1. predestination (doctrine that everything has been foreordained by a God, especially that certain people have been elected for salvation, with others destined for reprobation)

Swedish

Noun

predestination c

1. predestination