NECESSITARIAN

necessitarian

(noun) someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

necessitarian (plural 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

necessitarian (comparative more necessitarian, superlative 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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Source: Wiktionary


Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an, a.

Definition: 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.

Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an, n.

Definition: One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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