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Necessitarian

Of or pertaining to the doctrine of philosophical necessity in regard to the origin and existence of things, especially as applied to the actings or choices of the will; -- opposed to libertarian.

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Calvinist 76% connected

A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

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Determinist 76% connected

One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

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Fatalist 76% connected

One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

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Genevan 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevese.

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Predestinarian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy.

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Philosopher 76% connected

One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.

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Libertarian 94% connected

Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

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Libertarian 94% connected

Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

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Act noun · 78% connection

A state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.

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Aetiology noun · 78% connection

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and…

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Being noun · 78% connection

Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Choiceful adjective · 78% connection

Making choices; fickle.

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Coexistence noun · 78% connection

Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.

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Constitutional economics noun · 78% connection

A branch of economics which focuses on the conditions that exist in and choices constrained by the legal framework of a political cons…

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Destiny noun · 78% connection

The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in…

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Discretion noun · 78% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Empiricism noun · 78% connection

The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

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Evangelical adjective · 78% connection

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

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Evolution noun · 78% connection

That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, an…

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Existence noun · 78% connection

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the…

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Fatalism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

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Fate noun · 78% connection

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which…

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Free will noun · 78% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Ideate noun · 78% connection

The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence to the idea as a thought or existence.

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Malebranchism noun · 78% connection

The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can…

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