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necessitarian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/ (General-American)
  • /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From necessity + -arian.

Meanings

  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).

Forms

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most necessitarian Degree=Sup lexicographic
more necessitarian Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

antinecessitarian · necessitarianism

necessitarian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/ (General-American)
  • /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From necessity + -arian.

Meanings

  1. necessarian
  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).

Forms

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necessitarians Number=Plur lexicographic