essentialness

Being absolutely required

Essentialness is a noun that means the quality of being essential, that is, necessary or indispensable.

necessity

indispensable

Utterly required, irreplaceable

  • vitalEssential or sustaining existence
  • crucialOf supreme importance
  • criticalExpressing disapproval or importance

imperative · mandatory · requisite · prerequisite · compulsory · obligatory · paramount · urgent · must-have · sine qua non

core

heart

Circulatory system's pump

  • cruxMost important point
  • kernelSeed or essential core
  • gistCentral meaning distilled

pith · nub · substance · marrow · soul · spirit · nature · character · identity · ethos

inherent

intrinsic

Belonging by nature

immanent · embedded · built-in · inborn · hardwired · ingrained · deep-rooted · native · congenital · fundamental

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importance/necessity

essentialnessunimportance

Lack of consequence

unnecessariness · dispensability · insignificance · superfluousness · expendability

centrality vs. peripherality

essentialnessmarginality

State of being sidelined

tangentiality · secondariness · subsidiarity · extraneousness · accidentalness

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essential, essence, essentials, essentially, nonessential, quintessence, inessential, quintessential, unessential

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