VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / necessitarian

Thesaurus: necessitarian

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.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

doctrinedefinitionnecessitydefinitionactingsdefinitionchoicesdefinitionexistencedefinitionlibertariandefinitionopposeddefinitionorigindefinitionpertainingdefinitionphilosophicaldefinitionthingsdefinitionnecessitarianismdefinitionapplieddefinitionbelievedefinitionfreedefinitionholdsdefinitionregarddefinitionsomeonedefinitionnecessarianfamilynecessarianismfamilynecessariesfamilynecessarilyfamilynecessarinessfamilynecessaryfamilynecessitatefamilynecessitatedfamilynecessitatesfamilynecessitatingfamily

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. n. One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.
  3. n. someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
  4. 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. One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.
  5. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity inregard to the origin and existence of things, especially as appliedto the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian.
  6. n. someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will