as in essence
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is
physical strength or endurance is the essentiality that makes activity a sport and not just a game
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Recent Examples of essentiality
With Jim Crow, an imperfect church, economic despair, and the Klan looming, the film underlines again and again the essentiality of love—not as an antidote, but as an alternative, an entirely separate mode of experiencing the world.
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025
Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 3 Sep. 2023
Family’s essence of essentiality.
—Denis Villeneuve, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2021
Password managers, despite their essentiality to internet life, are unremarkable.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
For all that representation of his genre exploration, the bulk of the two hours goes, not unreasonably, to stars treating his singer-songwriter essentiality in a singer-songwriter fashion.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
Then there are the blockchain companies preaching the essentiality of their own coins to their own cyberspaces.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 Jan. 2022
Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025
Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 3 Sep. 2023
Family’s essence of essentiality.
—Denis Villeneuve, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2021
Password managers, despite their essentiality to internet life, are unremarkable.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
For all that representation of his genre exploration, the bulk of the two hours goes, not unreasonably, to stars treating his singer-songwriter essentiality in a singer-songwriter fashion.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022
Then there are the blockchain companies preaching the essentiality of their own coins to their own cyberspaces.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 Jan. 2022
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“Essentiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentiality. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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