NECESSITARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does necessitarian mean? 

• NECESSITARIAN (noun)
  The noun NECESSITARIAN has 1 sense:

1. someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will

  Familiarity information: NECESSITARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NECESSITARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("necessitarian" is a kind of...):

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "necessitarian"):

Calvinist; Genevan (an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin)

determinist; fatalist; predestinarian; predestinationist (anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny)

Antonym:

libertarian (someone who believes the doctrine of free will)