necessitarian

[ nuh-ses-i-tair-ee-uh n ]

/ nəˌsɛs ɪˈtɛər i ən /

a person who advocates or supports necessitarianism (distinguished from libertarian).

pertaining to necessitarians or necessitarianism.

Also necessarian.

Origin of necessitarian

First recorded in 1790–1800; necessit(y) + -arian

I summoned Desmarais to me; he answered not my call: he was from home,—an unfrequent occurrence with the necessitarian valet.

Devereux, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I would ardently that you were a necessitarian, and (believing in an all-loving Omnipotence) an optimist.

Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2) |Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The real liberty of the Will, according to the Necessitarian scheme, next demands our attention.

Doctrine of the Will |Asa Mahan
An intimate friend of his was a necessitarian—that's the term, is it not?

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various

I can give no other answer, the Necessitarian replies, than that already given.

Doctrine of the Will |Asa Mahan