necessitarian
[ nuh-ses-i-tair-ee-uhn ]
noun
a person who advocates or supports necessitarianism (distinguished from libertarian).
adjective
pertaining to necessitarians or necessitarianism.
Origin of necessitarian
1First recorded in 1790–1800; necessit(y) + -arian
- Also necessarian.
Words Nearby necessitarian
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How to use necessitarian in a sentence
An intimate friend of his was a necessitarian—that's the term, is it not?
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 | VariousIt is the latter hypothesis which is expressed by the necessitarian theory.
Evolution | Frank B. JevonsI would ardently that you were a necessitarian, and (believing in an all-loving Omnipotence) an optimist.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2) | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeCollins was a pronounced necessitarian; Morgan regarded the denial of free will as tantamount to atheism.
But such an "alternative" power, the necessitarian affirms, is incomprehensible and inexplicable.
The Theistic Conception of the World | B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
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