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necessarian

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɛsəˈsɛəɹi.ən/
  • General-American: /ˌnɛsəˈsɛɹi.ən/
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹiən

1

noun

Meaning 1

An adherent of necessarianism; an advocate of the doctrine of necessity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences, theology

Examples

  • 1810, Charles Buck, Materialists, entry in A Theological Dictionary, Volume 2, page 86, And the Necessarian asserts, that if, in any given state of mind, with respect both to dispositions and motives, two different determinations, or volitions, be possible, it can be on no other principle, than that one of them should come under the description of an effect without a cause; just as if the beam of a balance might incline either way, though loaded with equal weights.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of necessarian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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History

Etymology

From necessary + -ian.