necessitarian
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Noun (1)
- someone who does not believe the doctrine of free willOpposite libertarianType of philosopherKinds Calvinist, fatalist
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ne·ces′si·ta′ri·an adjective
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.
Ne·ces′si·ta′ri·an noun
One who holds to the doctrine of necessitarianism.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54