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  • 41dependency theory — A set of theories which maintained that the failure of Third World states to achieve adequate and sustainable levels of development resulted from their dependence on the advanced capitalist world. Dependency theories developed in opposition to… …

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  • 42libertarian — (n.) 1789, one who holds the doctrine of free will (opposed to necessitarian), from LIBERTY (Cf. liberty) (q.v.) on model of unitarian, etc. Political sense of person advocating liberty in thought and conduct is from 1878. As an adjective by 1882 …

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  • 43fatalist — n. Necessitarian, necessarian …

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  • 44libertarian — lib•er•tar•i•an [[t]ˌlɪb ərˈtɛər i ən[/t]] n. 1) a person who advocates liberty, esp. with regard to thought or conduct 2) a person who maintains the doctrine of free will (disting. from necessitarian ) 3) advocating liberty or conforming to… …

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  • 45necessarian — /nɛsəˈsɛəriən/ (say nesuh sairreeuhn) noun, adjective → necessitarian. {necessar(y) + i 2 + an} –necessarianism, noun …

  • 46necessitarianism — [nə ses΄ə ter′ē ən iz΄əm] n. the theory that every event, including any action of the human will, is the necessary result of a sequence of causes; determinism necessitarian n., adj …

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  • 47Calvinist — I noun an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin • Syn: ↑Genevan • Derivationally related forms: ↑Calvinistical, ↑Calvinism • Hypernyms: ↑necessitarian …

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  • 48determinist — noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny • Syn: ↑fatalist, ↑predestinarian, ↑predestinationist • Derivationally related forms: ↑predestination (for: ↑predestinationist), ↑ …

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  • 49fatalist — I noun anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny • Syn: ↑determinist, ↑predestinarian, ↑predestinationist • Derivationally related forms: ↑predestination (for: ↑ …

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  • 50Genevan — noun 1. a native or resident of Geneva • Hypernyms: ↑Swiss, ↑Swiss people • Member Holonyms: ↑Geneva, ↑Geneve, ↑Genf 2. an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin • Syn: ↑ …

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