predestinationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpriː.des.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpriː.des.təˈneɪ.ʃən/the belief that people have no control over events because these things are controlled by God or by fate
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Fate and destiny
- Damocles
- destined
- destiny
- fatalism
- fate
- ill-fated
- ill-starred
- in the lap of the gods idiom
- jinx
- lap
- lightning
- lightning never strikes twice idiom
- lot
- predestined
- preordain
- providence
- providential
- sword
- write
- written in the stars idiom
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