cruciality
State of being essential
Cruciality is the quality of being crucial—extreme importance or decisiveness.
The word is relatively rare, appearing mostly in academic or technical writing where *importance* or *significance* would serve just as well: The cruciality of early intervention cannot be overstated.
It has an unnecessary, jargon-heavy feel that makes many writers avoid it.
Quality of mattering
- criticalityState of utmost importance
- essentialityQuality of being necessary
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- indispensabilityBeing absolutely necessary
necessity · centrality · weightiness · gravity · momentousness · paramountcy · consequence · materiality
Vital securing element
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- fulcrumLever's balance point
- nexusConnecting central point
hinge · axis · catalyst · determinant · turning point · tipping point · watershed · make-or-break
Quality of being direct
- exigencyPressing necessity or demand
- imperativenessQuality of being essential
- acutenessIntensity or keenness
- emergencySerious sudden danger
deadline-driven · high-stakes · do-or-die · critical moment · eleventh hour · crunch time
significance
Quality of mattering
- criticalityState of utmost importance
- essentialityQuality of being necessary
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
indispensability · necessity · centrality · weightiness · gravity · momentousness · paramountcy · consequence · materiality · relevance
linchpin
Vital securing element
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- fulcrumLever's balance point
nexus · hinge · axis · catalyst · determinant · turning point · tipping point · watershed · make-or-break · sine qua non
immediacy
Quality of being direct
- exigencyPressing necessity or demand
- imperativenessQuality of being essential
- acutenessIntensity or keenness
emergency · deadline-driven · high-stakes · do-or-die · critical moment · eleventh hour · crunch time
crucialitytriviality
Unimportant small matter
insignificance · unimportance · inconsequentiality · negligibility · pettiness
crucialitydispensability
Quality of being unneeded
expendability · optionality · superfluousness · unnecessariness · redundancy
crucial, crux, excruciating, crucifix, crucifixion, crucially, excruciate, cruciform, excruciatingly