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necessitarianism

(nə ses′ə ter′ē ən iz′əm)

noun

the theory that every event, including any action of the human will, is the necessary result of a sequence of causes; determinism

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necessitarian noun, adjective

See necessitarianism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Philosophy

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

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ne·cesˌsi·tarˈi·an adjective & n.

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