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essentiality

American  
[uh-sen-shee-al-i-tee] / əˌsɛn ʃiˈæl ɪ ti /

noun

  • essentialities
    plural
  1. the quality of being essential; essential character.

  2. an essential feature, element, or point.


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Etymology

Origin of essentiality

First recorded in 1610–20; essential + -ity

Example Sentences

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The researchers also created an "essentiality map" showing when specific genes are required during development.

From Science Daily Jan. 11, 2026

We search for signs of its essentiality, wondering whether it remains relevant in seasons devoid of superstars among its repertory players.

From Salon Mar. 9, 2024

In that brimmed another truth Rich Beem has carried through the 20 years that followed the one day: the essentiality of humor.

From Washington Post May 19, 2022

Critics say the essentiality test gives courts broad authority over theological matters where they have little expertise and where clergy would be more appropriate arbiters of faith.

From Seattle Times Apr. 1, 2022

His is the nature "consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality."

From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

Oh! there are emphasized essentialities that are not embraced among the commodities of the market, and in order to the realization of which money possesses no purchasing power.

From The Jericho Road by W. Bion Adkins

But better far, in all the essentialities of it, there had not been hitherto, nor was henceforth, the least flaw.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Thomas Carlyle

All differences originate from conditions and exist not in essentialities.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

The attributes of God are laws, his modes of action are the essentialities of his being, the same in all the worlds of boundless extension and all the ages of endless duration.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

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