Predestinarian

//pɹiːˌdɛs.tɪˈnɛəɹi.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who believes in predestination.
  2. 2
    anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to predestination. not-comparable

    "But it is wrong to stress only the predestinarian aspect of protestantism […]."

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

Synonyms

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deterministfatalistfatalistpredestinationistpredestinator

Example

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"But it is wrong to stress only the predestinarian aspect of protestantism […]."

Etymology

From predestine + -arian.

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