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necessitarian

noun
/nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/UK/nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/US

Etymology

From necessity + -arian.

  1. derived from necessitās — “unavoidableness, compulsion, exigency, necessity”
  2. derived from necessite
  3. inherited from necessite
  4. formed as necessitarian — “necessity + -arian”

Definitions

  1. necessarian

  2. One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity, in opposition to that of…

    One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity, in opposition to that of freedom of the will: opposed to libertarian. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).

  3. Of or pertaining to necessity or necessitarianism

    Of or pertaining to necessity or necessitarianism: opposed to libertarian. The Arminian has entangled the Calvinist, the Calvinist has entangled the Arminian, in a labyrinth of contradictions. The advocate of free-will appeals to conscience and instinct — to an a priori sense of what ought in equity to be. The necessitarian falls back upon the experienced reality of facts. Froude, Calvinism. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA