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predestinarian

9.9

Relating to the belief that God decides who will be saved and people cannot change it

adjective
/ˌpriːdɛstəˈnɛəriən/

Formal

: predestinario

(For example, in a poem about freedom, one woman writes, "I'm trying to be free and I'm trying with all of my might," but then goes on to a predestinarian explanation: "Only God can decide my fate, only he knows when I can walk out these gates and when the time comes to walk into a gate."

Examples

Many theologians adhere to a predestinarian view, believing that God has already determined the fate of every individual.
Her predestinarian beliefs influence her understanding of life's events as being mapped out by divine will.
In discussions about free will, he often cites predestinarian principles to emphasize that our lives are guided by a higher power.

Synonyms

fatalistic

vspredestinarian

7 7.9

Believing events are fixed and people cannot change them

is a religious doctrine about divine choice rather than a general attitude of inevitability

predestinate

vspredestinarian

Formal

1 9.9

Already decided before it happens and cannot be changed, often by fate or God

is the belief about divine fixing rather than a description of events

predeterministic

vspredestinarian

Specialized

8.6

A process or system whose result is fixed before it happens

is a theological belief about divine decision rather than a general causal system

Surface Forms

predestinarian positive

Morphology

predestinarian = predestination (semi-transparent) = pre + destin + arian

If a learner knows 'predestination', '-arian' reasonably signals 'relating to or advocating that doctrine', though the specialized theological use makes it slightly less than fully transparent.

Etymology

Predestinarian comes from pre- 'before' and destiny 'fate', so it describes ideas about events or salvation being decided in advance. That's why a predestinarian view is about belief in a future already set 'before' it happens.