necessitarian
/nəˌsɛsɪˈtɛriən/
noun
- A person who believes that all events, including human actions, are determined by prior causes and cannot happen otherwise; a believer in determinism.
- As a necessitarian, she argued that free will is an illusion.
- Many scientists are necessitarians when it comes to physical laws.
- The philosopher was a strict necessitarian who rejected the idea of chance.
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adjective
- Relating to the belief that all events are determined by prior causes.
- The debate between free will and necessitarian ideas has lasted for centuries.
- The necessitarian view of history suggests that everything was bound to happen.
- His necessitarian philosophy left no room for personal responsibility.