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(chiefly philosophy) Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature.

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necessitation

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necessitation

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(chiefly philosophy) Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature.

Japanese Meaning

（主に哲学）必然性 – 論理的または哲学的原理、または自然界の法則や力として働く必然的な状態

The philosopher argued that the apparent order in the universe was not coincidence but the necessitation of underlying laws.

その哲学者は、宇宙に見られる一見した秩序は偶然ではなく、根底にある法則の必然性であると主張した。

Sense（1）

(chiefly philosophy) Necessity, understood as a logical or other philosophical principle, or as a law or force of nature.

Moral obligation is not necessitation. The moral law commands but does not coerce us.

necessitations

（ plural ）