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Preordinations
- noun - (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)
Preparednesses
- noun - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
Preponderances
- noun - a superiority in numbers or amount; "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant"
- exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight; "the least preponderance in either pan will unbalance the scale"
- superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power"
Preponderantly
- adverb - much greater in number or influence; "the patients are predominantly indigenous"
Preponderating
- verb - having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
- weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes"
Preponderation
- - The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons.
Prepossessions
- noun - an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"
- the condition of being prepossessed; "the king's prepossession in my favor is very valuable"
Preposterously
- adverb - so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
Prescriptivism
- noun - (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior
- (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics