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necessitarian

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

/ nəˌsɛs ɪˈtɛər i ən /

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noun

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

adjective

pertaining to necessitarians or necessitarianism.

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Also necessarian.

Origin of necessitarian

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

Words nearby necessitarian

necessaries, necessarily, necessary, necessary condition, necessary stool, necessitarian, necessitarianism, necessitate, necessitous, necessitude, necessity

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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|Various
It is the latter hypothesis which is expressed by the necessitarian theory.
Evolution|Frank B. Jevons
I 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 Coleridge
Collins was a pronounced necessitarian; Morgan regarded the denial of free will as tantamount to atheism.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10|Various

But such an "alternative" power, the necessitarian affirms, is incomprehensible and inexplicable.
The Theistic Conception of the World|B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker