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necessitarian

UK/nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛɹi.ən/

necessitarian noun: necessarian.

Noun

necessitarian (plural necessitarians)

  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).

Adjective

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).

necessitarian meaning in Tamil

necessitarian in Tamil

மன்னியல்வாதி, எதுவும் கிடையாதென்ற கோட்பாட்டினை உடையவர், மன்னியல் வாதமான

Forms of necessitarian

Noun
pluralnecessitarians
Adjective
comparativemore necessitarian
superlativemost necessitarian

Origin of necessitarian

From necessity + -arian.

Words formed from necessitarian

Words that rhyme with necessitarian

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Questions about necessitarian

What does necessitarian mean?
Necessitarian means necessarian.
What is necessitarian in Tamil?
Necessitarian in Tamil is மன்னியல்வாதி, எதுவும் கிடையாதென்ற கோட்பாட்டினை உடையவர், மன்னியல் வாதமான. See Necessitarian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is necessitarian?
Necessitarian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce necessitarian?
Necessitarian is pronounced /nɪˌsɛsəˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of necessitarian?
The plural of necessitarian is necessitarians.

Words near necessitarian in the dictionary

  1. necessary vault
  2. necessary vaults
  3. necessary woman
  4. necessary women
  5. necessarys
  6. necessitarian
  7. necessitarianism
  8. necessitarianisms
  9. necessitarians
  10. Necessitas
  11. necessitate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necessitarian (page history and authors); necessitarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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