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necessitarian

/nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/ UK
/nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/ US

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From necessity + -arian.

noun necessitarians

necessarian
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).

adjective more necessitarian · most necessitarian

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).

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@misc{necessitarian_2026,
  title = {necessitarian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/necessitarian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}