necessitarian

American  

[nuh-ses-i-tair-ee-uhn] / nəˌsɛs ɪˈtɛər i ən /

noun

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

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adjective

1. pertaining to necessitarians or necessitarianism.

Etymology

Origin of necessitarian

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

Example Sentences

His letters show that he was not an opportunist but a confessed "necessitarian."

From Time Magazine Archive

The language of the necessitarian, I am aware, sometimes points to the volition itself, and sometimes to the will; but we should always understand him as referring to the mind.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

In regard to this point, the necessitarian does not seem to have a very clear and definite idea.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

He adopted and advocated the utilitarian and necessitarian theory of morals, and wrote of ordinary theism and religion, as arising from personification of unknown causes, for general or special phenomena.

From Heresy: Its Utility And Morality A Plea And A Justification by Bradlaugh, Charles

One would certainly suppose so, but for the logic of the necessitarian.

From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor