Synonyms of predetermination

predetermination

noun

as in theory

Related Words

• theory
• presumption
• assumption
• hypothesis
• presupposition
• conjecture
• speculation
• thesis
• supposition
• bias
• prejudice
• concept
• conception
• imagining
• thought
• partiality
• favor
• notion
• preconception
• image
• prejudgment
• prepossession
• picture

Dissimilar Words

• neutrality
• objectivity
• detachment
• impartiality
• unbiasedness
• open-mindedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of predetermination

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