Necessitarian

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  • n. necessarian
  • n. One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity, in opposition to that of freedom of the will: opposed to libertarian. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).
  • adj. Of or pertaining to necessity or necessitarianism: opposed to libertarian.   The Arminian has entangled the Calvinist, the Calvinist has entangled the Arminian, in a labyrinth of contradictions. The advocate of free-will appeals to conscience and instinct — to an a priori sense of what ought in equity to be. The necessitarian falls back upon the experienced reality of facts. Froude, Calvinism. (The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian.
  • n. One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to necessity or to necessitarianism: opposed to libertarian.
  • n. One who maintains the doctrine of philosophical necessity, in opposition to that of the freedom of the will: opposed to libertarian.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
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