essential
adjective
absolutely necessary; indispensable.
essentialness
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a word derived from
essential.
Example Sentences
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“If I can’t convince you about the essentialness of wrestling with questions of democracy and authoritarianism today, when can I?” said co-editor Will Dobson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
As quickly as we're learning about the essentialness of these systems, though, we're also actively destroying them with a variety of unsustainable practices.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2021
“It is the essentialness of oneself, the psyche, the fragment of unity. Male and female are sex, masculine and feminine are gender, and though the conceptions obviously overlap, they are far from synonymous.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2020
Is there an essentialness of justice, or a prancing view of it?
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
The essentialness of the ash constituents was only, however, placed beyond all doubt by Wiegmann and Polstorff's researches, carried out in 1840.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman
