Necessitarianism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Necessitarianism \Ne*ces`si*ta"ri*an*ism\, n.
     The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that
     results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp.
     that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices
     result inevitably from motives; determinism. --M. Arnold.
     [1913 Webster]