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necessitarianism

 
Dictionary: ne·ces·si·tar·i·an·ism   (nə-sĕs'ĭ-târ'ē-ə-nĭz'əm) pronunciation

n. Philosophy
The doctrine holding that events are inevitably determined by preceding causes.

necessitarian ne·ces'si·tar'i·an adj. & n.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
  Antonym: libertarian (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - determinist

Français (French)
n. - contrainte
adj. - contraignant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Determinist
adj. - deterministisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - (φιλοσ.) αιτιοκρατικός

Italiano (Italian)
determinista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - partidário (m) do determinismo
adj. - determinista

Русский (Russian)
сторонник теории детерминизма, детерминистский

Español (Spanish)
n. - determinista, fatalista
adj. - determinista, fatalista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - determinism
adj. - deterministisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
必然论者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 必然論者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 숙명론자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宿命論者, 必然論者
adj. - 宿命論の, 必然論の

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם המאמין שכל פעולה נגזרה מראש ורצון חופשי אינו קיים‬


 
 
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