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essentialness

essentialness

1 6.6
How necessary and important something is
  • noun
  • /ɪˈsɛnʃəlnəs/
translation icon : esencialidad
  • In her presentation, she highlighted the essentialness of effective communication in teamwork.

Examples

  • Connections to rave culture: Sarah Thornton (studies rave culture) argues about the essentialness of subcultural capital.

    Blog text (10)
  • While we try in class to convey the essentialness of respecting and dignifying every child, we don't always know if our own students will carry this message with them into practice.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Like I said, there's a whole chapter in the book on the essentialness of sleep and any, the the key piece is this.

  • I don't know why the idea of the great essentialness of the composition went away.

    Blog text (9)
  • This assumption was born out of the same North Atlantic ideologies that the critics have ultimately attacked (such as the essentialness of race) and is based on the peculiar historical experience of racial segregation in the United States.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The essentialness of exercise for maintaining good health cannot be overstated.

  • Teachers often emphasize the essentialness of patience when working with young children.

Synonyms

necessity
vsessentialness
274 2.0

A thing you need to live, like food or water

is the abstract quality or state rather than a concrete needed thing
indispensability
vsessentialness
1 7.4

Being necessary for something to work or succeed

is the same idea but stresses basic or core importance
indispensableness
vsessentialness
8.2

A state in which something is completely needed and cannot be done without

is the same idea but highlights fundamental importance
requisiteness
vsessentialness
9.9

A thing that is needed and very important for something to work or happen

is the same idea but places weight on fundamental importance
essentiality
vsessentialness
7.7

How much something is needed

is the same concept but framed as core fundamental importance
fundamentalness
vsessentialness
8.1

The degree to which something is important and basic

is the same idea but expresses absolute necessity rather than basic nature
fundamentality
vsessentialness
7.7

How basic and most important something is

is similar but focuses more on absolute or core necessity
vitalness
vsessentialness
5.7

A quality that makes something very important for life or success

is about absolute or fundamental need rather than life focus
cruciality
vsessentialness
8.2

The great importance of something for a result or decision

is about being fundamentally necessary rather than urgent importance
needfulness
vsessentialness
7.1

A quality that shows something is necessary

is focused more on core absolute necessity than mere requirement

Antonyms

1 4.6

A situation or thing that is not worth much attention

A state in which something is not necessary

How Essential

essentialness
1 6.6
importance
663 1.0
small-time
47 5.9

Surface Forms

essentialness singular

Morphology

essentialness = essential (transparent) = essential + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'essential' to indicate the state or quality of being essential; meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Essentialness is related to essential and essence, which come from the Latin root esse meaning 'to be'. So, essentialness is about what must 'be' or what is most necessary.