The belief that events are predestined by God or fate.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Julian Huxley (1887–1975), zoologist and philosopher. From providential + -ism. Compare French providentisme, providentialisme.
Definition of providentialism in US English:
providentialism
nounˌprɒvɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)lɪz(ə)m
The belief that events are predestined by God or fate.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Julian Huxley (1887–1975), zoologist and philosopher. From providential + -ism. Compare French providentisme, providentialisme.