Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Predetermination has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
"he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong"
the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place
The act of determining beforehand.