Calvinistic

[kal-vin-ist-ik]

adjective

1. Theology.,  relating to, characteristic of, or adhering to Calvinism.

Example Sentences

Throughout there was a strange bitterness; an absence of consolatory gentleness; stern allusions to Calvinistic doctrines—election, predestination, reprobation—were frequent; and each reference to these points sounded like a sentence pronounced for doom.

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Calvinistic visions of judgment and doom later gave way to a wider array of religious and nonreligious interpretations.

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“They thought they detected Calvinistic traits in the bear’s character,” Roosevelt wrote.

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Propelled by our enthusiastic consumer adoption of mobile devices, startup culture has become the latest embodiment of America’s Calvinistic work ethic.

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Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking.

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