necessitarian

== English == === Etymology === From necessity +‎ -arian. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (General American) IPA(key): /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən === 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). === Derived terms === === Anagrams === creatininases