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ESSENTIALNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Basic importance
Synonyms:
essentiality; essentialness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("essentialness" is a kind of...):
importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)
Attribute:
essential (basic and fundamental)
inessential; unessential (not basic or fundamental)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "essentialness"):
vitalness (the quality of being essential to maintain life)
indispensability; indispensableness; vitalness (the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without)
Derivation:
essential (defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established)
essential (basic and fundamental)
essential (of the greatest importance)
essential (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary)
essential (being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc)
