predetermination
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There is always a narrative risk when recapitulating events in historical fiction — predetermination can deaden the pulse.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
As for his Alzheimer’s risk, Hemsworth emphasized that while his DNA gives a “strong indication” of what could happen, it’s not a predetermination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Grahame Wright, the standards committee's independent chairman, said the panel had rejected accusations of "bias and predetermination" in the process.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2021
There is comfort in subsuming your sense of individuality to a larger sentiment of prescription and predetermination.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2019
Self-determination and physical predetermination by an extraneous will are mutually exclusive.
From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Arthur Preuss
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