Sentence examples for predetermination from inspiring English sources

'predetermination' is a correct and commonly used word in written English
It means the act of deciding or determining something beforehand. Example: The outcome of the election seemed to be predetermined by the polls, but the unexpected results shocked everyone. I had a feeling of predetermination when I first met him, as if our paths were meant to cross.

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predetermination

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The act of determining beforehand.

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It turns out that it has nothing to do with astrological predetermination, and everything to do with the fact that each school year's eligibility cut off for hockey is January 1st.

The question of free will and predetermination was one that involved practically all Muslim sects and produced both extreme and compromise views.

Emphasis was placed on the predetermination of expenditures, over a five-year period, in accordance with the expected (or desired) rate of growth of the economy.

The government seems to be using the court simply to rubberstamp a predetermination that the accused are guilty.

Most photographers come to the country either to show poverty or political violence, he said, with "predetermination about what they want" to find.

But talk of Jews and genetic predetermination crossed an invisible line in Germany.

Mr. Markgraf offered vocally and physically compelling interpretations of the four songs, including the sardonic "Vorausbestimmung" ("Predetermination") and "Betrunen" ("Drunk").

Based on "I Married a Dead Man," a novel by the prototypical noir author Cornell Woolrich (writing under his favorite pseudonym, William Irish), "No Man of Her Own" begins with a meticulously wrought chain of coincidences: a series of smoothly linked, preposterous events that add up to a strong sense of predetermination.

It's not as if Anthony makes a predetermination to take 35 shots and dominate the ball.

His aim is to stress the weird mixture of freedom and predetermination which is the essence of his novel.

Tom Bruce, Hounslow's cabinet member for education, described the suggestion of "predetermination" as a "very serious and unfounded allegation", pointing out that planning authorities were separate legally from councils and that the Niskham application had been discussed in a public meeting lasting more than four hours.

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