Crossword clues for necessitarian
necessitarian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Necessitarian \Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an\, a. 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.
Necessitarian \Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an\, n. One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1754, from necessity + -arian. As an adjective from 1739. Related: Necessitarianism.
Wiktionary
a. 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). n. 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).
WordNet
n. someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will [ant: libertarian]
Usage examples of "necessitarian".
Outstanding philosophical and theological schools have been formed around the will, and both able and learned and earnest men have taken opposite sides on the subject of the will under the party names of Necessitarians and Libertarians.