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necessiˈtarianism
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The theory or doctrine that action is necessarily determined by antecedent causes.
1854Froude Short Stud., Spinoza (1867) II. 43 The fallacy of all common arguments against necessitarianism lies in the assumption that it leaves no room for self-direction. 1885R. H. Hutton in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 376 Whose crude rationalistic necessitarianism..reconciled him to a confident expectation of annihilation. |