PREDETERMINATION Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

predetermination

noun

Definition of predetermination

as in theory

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Recent Examples of predetermination There’s a searching quality there that the rest of The Heart lacks in its overwhelming of predetermination. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026 The presiding judge granted Sweeney's attorney's request to change the charge to second-degree murder or manslaughter as the court lacked sufficient evidence to try him for first-degree murder since predetermination was not established. — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 He was also accused of failing to respect and comply with the law by denying due process to litigants and lawyers and demonstrating a bias or predetermination for certain cases. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025 From there we’re introduced to the Time Variance Authority where Loki is taken for messing with predetermination—a strict timeline set up by the powerful and mysterious Time Keepers—and introduced to Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson). — Erik Kain, Forbes, 8 June 2021 Both seasons of The Umbrella Academy raise questions about the nature of time travel (as presented in the series) and the tension between choice and predetermination. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2020 There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination. — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2019 Yet the movie has a mythic thrust that’s partly due to its almost playful manipulation of time, its silent flash-forwards lending the story a feeling of futility and predetermination. — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018

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Noun

In one prominent theory, the defining feature of introspection is that it’s based on particular mental representations of other thoughts.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026
Attorney General Todd Blanche subscribes to the unitary executive theory that does not recognize or allow the independence of government lawyers from the president.

— David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of theory

Noun

The real drag on the system right now is the absence of the presumption of regularity judges are being faced with.

— John E. Jones III, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Impact The initial phase of contract talks still would have union and county representatives seeking to hammer out a mutually beneficial deal, with a presumption that both sides would negotiate in good faith.

— Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of presumption

Noun

The result depends on the assumption that nuclear reaction rates and neutron decay follow the same scaling as the expansion rate.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
However, the conversation has also attracted a wave of caution from health professionals, warning against drawing medical conclusions from skin-deep assumptions.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of assumption

Noun

In the charming, approachable How to Design a Universe, Heymans uses a similar toolkit on the simulation hypothesis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
Solving identity at scale means evaluating competing hypotheses across candidate entities simultaneously.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of hypothesis

Noun

The beautiful thing concerned an eighty-seven-year-old problem, the Jacobian conjecture.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
The conjecture predicts that for the curve xa = yb, a count of the matrix solutions will always collapse into a Rogers-Ramanujan-type identity.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of conjecture

Noun

The five-star analyst said that the conference supported his thesis that Nvidia continues to effectively navigate bottlenecks in the supply chain, land/power/shell, and funding.

— TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
Its whole thesis points to the fallacy of being anti-immigrant or anti-Mexican in 21st century America.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of thesis

Noun

In a sport that generally rewards complete, deep teams, Judge looks like someone who could carry a whole club himself and the Yankees’ results supported that supposition.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
But that was our supposition, not hers, even if borrowing the single’s title for the whole project did seem to make a promise the full record isn’t prepared to deliver on.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026

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