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

This appears to be so only to the mind of the necessitarian; from which one fixed idea has shut out the light of observation.

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

This is the question in dispute; and hence, if the necessitarian would say any thing to the purpose, he must show that his scheme is reconcilable with the freedom of the mind in willing.

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

That every effect must have a cause, is the maxim upon which the necessitarian takes his stand, and from which he delights to draw his favourite conclusion.

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

Another attempt is made to link the conclusion drawn from the foreknowledge of God, with the point to be established by the necessitarian.

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