Meaning & use
Essentiality
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The quality or state of being essential, necessary, or fundamental.
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The report emphasized the essentiality of clean water access for public health.
Economists debated the essentiality of the service before deciding to exempt it from the tax.
A note on using this word
A more formal, abstract alternative to 'necessity,' common in policy, legal, and academic writing.
Words with a similar meaning
necessityindispensability
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Words with an opposite meaning
dispensability
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