Meaning | Basic importance. |
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Synonym | essentialness |
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Attributes | essential | Basic and fundamental |
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inessential, unessential | not basic or fundamental |
Narrower | indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness | The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without |
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vitalness | The quality of being essential to maintain life |
Broader | importance | The quality of being important and worthy of note |
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Opposite | inessentiality | not of basic importance |
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Spanish | esencia |
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Catalan | essencialitat, essència |
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Adjectives | essential | basic and fundamental |
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essential | of the greatest importance |