Believed to be determined or decided in advance by fate or God before it actually happens.
From pre- (before) + destined (determined for a particular fate). Latin praedestinare combines prae- (before) + destinare (to make firm, appoint).
This word sits at the heart of an ancient argument: if your future is predestined, can you really make choices?—philosophers call it the free will problem.
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