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单词 necessitarian
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necessitarianadj.n.

Brit. /nᵻˌsɛsᵻˈtɛːrɪən/, U.S. /nəˌsɛsəˈtɛriən/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: necessity n., -arian suffix.
Etymology: < necessity n. + -arian suffix. Compare necessarian n. and adj.
A. adj.
Of or relating to the doctrine that all human action is necessarily determined by the law of causation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > relating to doctrine of necessity
necessitarian1739
necessarian1778
determinist1851
necessist1873
deterministic1874
1739 W. Dudgeon (title) A view of the necessitarian or best scheme: freed from the objections of M. Crousaz, in his examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on man.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 185 According to this learned gentleman's necessitarian theory.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 153 It was in strict consistency therefore, that these Writers supported the Necessitarian Scheme.
1872 H. Calderwood Handbk. Moral Philos. 194 The Necessitarian doctrine, in denying freedom of will, does not altogether refuse a place to freedom.
1928 Philos. Rev. 37 476 It is intended to dispose of any purely necessitarian interpretation of evolution.
1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 267 Those who believe in predestination as an article of religion have a necessitarian bias which might incline them to over-estimate the role of heredity.
1999 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 32 367/1 He [sc. Hooykaas] was supportive of voluntarist, rather than necessitarian theologies of Creation.
B. n.
A person who maintains this view, as opposed to one who believes in the doctrine of free will; a determinist.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > doctrine of necessity > one who maintains
necessarian1777
necessitarian1783
necessist1873
determinist1874
1783 B. Dawson Necessitarian iii. 8 You are desired, Cleanthes, to inform me..whether you are a Necessitarian in the strictest sense, or only deny absolute Freedom of Will.
1796 F. A. Nitsch Gen. View Kant's Princ. conc. Man 17 The Necessitarians..make a considerable party in the philosophic world.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) 135 Hume, Priestley, and the French fatalists or necessitarians.
1855 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 145 The Necessitarian..concludes that I am a determined effect.
1874 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic §52. 93 This experience in consciousness is at once met by all that the Necessitarian produces from contrary experience.
1912 R. Kipling Songs from Bks. (1913) 154 (title) The necessitarian.
1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France viii. 183 By one of those accidents that baffle the necessitarians, the only sentry awake at the moment of the drop was a newcomer who did not know where the alarm telephone was.
1992 Philos. Q. 42 191 Necessitarians must see each instance of pain and suffering caused by human beings as absolutely inevitable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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