incompatibilist

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adjective

Of, pertaining to or supporting incompatibilism.

Opposite
compatibilist
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Meanings

adjectiveincompatibilist (comparative more incompatibilist, superlative most incompatibilist)

comparative more incompatibilist · superlative most incompatibilist

  1. human sciencesOf, pertaining to or supporting incompatibilism.
nounincompatibilist (plural incompatibilists)

plural incompatibilists

  1. A proponent of incompatibilism.

    An incompatibilist need not be a libertarian but the incompatibilist is committed to saying that there are possible worlds where creatures more or less like us have free will.

    2007, Theodore Sider, John Hawthorne, Dean W. Zimmerman, editors, Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 306

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
compatibilist
Also see
hard determinist

Origin

From in- + compatibilist or incompatible + -ist.

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APA

incompatibilist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompatibilist

MLA

“incompatibilist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompatibilist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incompatibilist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompatibilist.

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