providentialistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌprɒvᵻˈdɛnʃl̩ɪst/,

/ˌprɒvᵻˈdɛnʃəlɪst/, U.S.

/ˌprɑvəˈdɛn(t)ʃələst/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: providential adj., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < providential adj. + -ist suffix. Compare French providentialiste (1866 as noun in sense A. 2, 1948 or earlier as adjective).

A. n.

†1. A person who defends or upholds the divine right of sovereigns. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery v. 339 He [sc. Knox] may chance to be honoured as a Father by the Providentialists.

2. A believer in the predestination of events, esp. by divine providence.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > doctrine of salvation > [noun] > predestinarianism > adherent

predestination?1503

predestinator?1557

Predestinatian1630

predestinatist1630

predeterminant1630

predestinarian1656

predeterminera1678

predestinationista1852

providentialist1862

1862 M. D. Conway Golden Hour xviii. 114 Where are all our Providentialists? Where are those who bade us await God's own good time?

1919 H. G. Wells Undying Fire v. 139 I decline..the wild guesses of the Spookist and Providentialist.

1968 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 29 354 This extraordinary technique may not be that of the providentialists, the bourgeois historians, or the Marxists, but he is wrestling with the same ultimate historical dilemma.

1992 A. Desmond & J. Moore Darwin 566 Providentialists..were happy to speed up the process, using ‘guided’ rather than random variations, keeping the flow under Creative control.

B. adj.

Based on the belief that events are predestined, esp. by divine providence.

ΚΠ

1926 H. Berr in A. Jardé Formation Greek People p. xi The ‘miracle’, no doubt, should not be interpreted according to a providentialist view of history.

1953 Isis 44 390/1 Newtonian science..was itself empirical and providentialist.

1996 Éire–Ireland Spring 49 Wide sections of the British press had resorted to providentialist interpretations of the famine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	providentialist
释义	providentialistn.adj. Brit. /ˌprɒvᵻˈdɛnʃl̩ɪst/, /ˌprɒvᵻˈdɛnʃəlɪst/, U.S. /ˌprɑvəˈdɛn(t)ʃələst/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: providential adj., -ist suffix. Etymology: < providential adj. + -ist suffix. Compare French providentialiste (1866 as noun in sense A. 2, 1948 or earlier as adjective). A. n. †1. A person who defends or upholds the divine right of sovereigns. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery v. 339 He [sc. Knox] may chance to be honoured as a Father by the Providentialists. 2. A believer in the predestination of events, esp. by divine providence. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > doctrine of salvation > [noun] > predestinarianism > adherent predestination?1503 predestinator?1557 Predestinatian1630 predestinatist1630 predeterminant1630 predestinarian1656 predeterminera1678 predestinationista1852 providentialist1862 1862 M. D. Conway Golden Hour xviii. 114 Where are all our Providentialists? Where are those who bade us await God's own good time? 1919 H. G. Wells Undying Fire v. 139 I decline..the wild guesses of the Spookist and Providentialist. 1968 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 29 354 This extraordinary technique may not be that of the providentialists, the bourgeois historians, or the Marxists, but he is wrestling with the same ultimate historical dilemma. 1992 A. Desmond & J. Moore Darwin 566 Providentialists..were happy to speed up the process, using ‘guided’ rather than random variations, keeping the flow under Creative control. B. adj. Based on the belief that events are predestined, esp. by divine providence. ΚΠ 1926 H. Berr in A. Jardé Formation Greek People p. xi The ‘miracle’, no doubt, should not be interpreted according to a providentialist view of history. 1953 Isis 44 390/1 Newtonian science..was itself empirical and providentialist. 1996 Éire–Ireland Spring 49 Wide sections of the British press had resorted to providentialist interpretations of the famine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1695
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