necessitarian

[ nuh-ses-i-tair-ee-uhn ]

noun
  1. a person who advocates or supports necessitarianism (distinguished from libertarian).

adjective
  1. pertaining to necessitarians or necessitarianism.

Origin of necessitarian

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; necessit(y) + -arian

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