providentialism
English edit
Etymology edit
From providential + -ism.
Noun edit
providentialism (usually uncountable, plural providentialisms)
- (chiefly Christianity) The belief that all events are predetermined by God or fate.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
belief that all events are predetermined by God or fate
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Further reading edit
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “providentialism”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- “providentialism”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.