PREDESTINARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does predestinarian mean? 

• PREDESTINARIAN (noun)
  The noun PREDESTINARIAN has 1 sense:

1. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

  Familiarity information: PREDESTINARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• PREDESTINARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective PREDESTINARIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination

  Familiarity information: PREDESTINARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREDESTINARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist

Hypernyms ("predestinarian" is a kind of...):

necessitarian (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will)

• PREDESTINARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

predestination ((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))

Derivation:

predestination ((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))