Extreme vs Necessarianism - What's the difference?
extreme | necessarianism |
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
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, title= Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
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, title= Drastic, or of great severity.
Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
(archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
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Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
A drastic expedient.
(mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1'' and ''6'' in ''1:2=3:6 .
(archaic) Extremely.
* 1796 Charles Burney, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Metastasio 2.5:
(philosophy, metaphysics, theology) An extreme form of determinism that holds that all phenomena, including the will, are subject to immutable rules of cause and effect; necessitarianism.
* 1995 , Denis G. Paz, Nineteenth-Century English Religious Traditions: Retrospect and Prospect ,
* 2000 , R. K. Webb, 6: Miracles in Englsh Unitarian Thought'', Mark S. Micale, Robert L. Dietle (editors), ''Enlightenment, Passion, Modernity: Historical Essays in European Thought and Culture ,
* 2001 , Alexander Crombie, An Essay on Philosophical Necessity ,
As nouns the difference between extreme and necessarianism
is that extreme is while necessarianism is (philosophy|metaphysics|theology) an extreme form of determinism that holds that all phenomena, including the will, are subject to immutable rules of cause and effect; necessitarianism.extreme
English
Adjective
(en-adj)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
Not Just Going with the Flow, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
- the extreme hour of life
Synonyms
* (place) farthest, furthest, most distant, outermost, remotest * (in greatest or highest degree) greatest, highest * (excessive) excessive, too much * (drastic) drastic, severe * (sports) dangerous * (ultimate) final, last, ultimateAntonyms
* (place) closest, nearest * (in greatest or highest degree) least * (excessive) moderate, reasonable * (drastic) moderate, reasonableDerived terms
* extremenessNoun
(en noun)Adverb
(en adverb)- In the empty and extreme cold theatre.
Usage notes
* Formerly used to modify adjectives and sometimes adverbs, but rarely verbs.Derived terms
* extremism * extremist * extremity * extremely * extreme ironing * extreme unctionSee also
* meanReferences
* ----necessarianism
English
Noun
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- Scholars working on Joseph Priestley have begun to take a proper measure of his philosophical position, known as “necessarianism',” a psychological determinism based on the teachings of the midcentury physician and theologian David Hartley—with, in Priestley?s own case, the addition of materialism. To its enemies, ' necessarianism seemed rank fatalism, but its adherents found that it both explained the evils about them and offered a sovereign remedy (generally through one or another variety of education) to resolve them and bring mankind to perfection.
page 114,
- While not acceptable to all Unitarians, the philosophical determinism known as Necessarianism , identified with Hartley and Priestley, also proved persuasive to many, both ministers and laymen.
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- To cut a long story short, this led to the emergence of a new form of necessarianism'. People are conditioned to behave as they do, so freedom is an illusion. This form of '''necessarianism''' may be called ‘behaviourist ' necessarianism ’.
