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

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necessitarian

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But in making this attack upon the position of his opponent, when viewed as designed to serve the cause of free-agency, the necessitarian overlooks its bearing upon his own scheme.

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

Now, I fully recognize these differences between natural and moral necessity, as they are viewed by the necessitarian.

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

In other words, that we may freely admit the principle in question, and yet reject the application which the necessitarian is accustomed to make of it.

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

The necessitarian says, a moment before the volition did not exist, now it does exist; and hence, it necessarily follows, that there must have been a cause by which it was brought into existence.

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