"necessitarian" meaning in English

See necessitarian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more necessitarian [comparative], most necessitarian [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} necessitarian (comparative more necessitarian, superlative most necessitarian)
  1. 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).
    Sense id: en-necessitarian-en-adj-Z0XXWESt

Noun

Forms: necessitarians [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} necessitarian (plural necessitarians)
  1. necessarian
    Sense id: en-necessitarian-en-noun-CO8nTOdD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 42 26
  2. 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).
    Sense id: en-necessitarian-en-noun-RaBnkElw

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