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essentiality

[ uh-sen-shee-al-i-tee ]

/ əˌsɛn ʃiˈæl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural es·sen·ti·al·i·ties for 2.

the quality of being essential; essential character.

an essential feature, element, or point.

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Origin of essentiality

First recorded in 1610–20; essential + -ity

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for essentiality

Clean boots are an essentiality of society; why should I shrink from the responsibility of helping to produce them?
She and I, Volume 2|John Conroy Hutcheson
Its essentiality to a knowledge of the political history of the times must be apparent to all who read it.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton
Difference is their charactertheir essentialityjust as no-difference was the essentiality of their source.
Eureka:|Edgar A. Poe