necessitarianism

[ nuh-ses-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm ]

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noun

the doctrine that all events, including acts of the will, are determined by antecedent causes; determinism.

Origin of necessitarianism

First recorded in 1850–55; necessitarian + -ism

Words that may be confused with necessitarianism

determinism, fatalism, necessitarianism

Words Nearby necessitarianism

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How to use necessitarianism in a sentence

But the political reconstruction which he proposes is too much determined by this old nightmare of necessitarianism.
What I Saw in America | G. K. Chesterton
By denying the substantiality of the ego it also confirmed the necessitarianism of Spinoza.
History of Modern Philosophy | Alfred William Benn
His necessitarianism is modern, his scepticism is modern, and the difficulties in which it arises are modern too.
The Age of Tennyson | Hugh Walker
In philosophy, Collins takes a foremost place as a defender of necessitarianism.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for necessitarianism

necessitarianism

necessarianism (ˌnɛsɪˈsɛərɪəˌnɪzəm)

/ (nɪˌsɛsɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm) /

noun

philosophy another word for determinism Compare libertarian

Derived forms of necessitarianism

necessitarian or necessarian, noun, adjective

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