fundamentalness
Quality of basicness
The quality of being fundamental—basic, essential, or foundational.
The word is rarely used; most writers prefer *fundamentality* or rephrase entirely: The fundamentalness of the problem escaped them works, but how fundamental the problem was reads more naturally.
Foundational building block
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
pillar · linchpin · core · nucleus · heart · crux · essence · fulcrum
Existing as essential part
- elementalBasic, of natural forces
- basicFundamental in nature
- primaryChief in importance
- foundationalServing as a base
constitutive · intrinsic · innate · primitive · rudimentary · underlying · basal · primal
Solid stone underground
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- substratumFoundational layer beneath
infrastructure · framework · scaffolding · substrate · base · footing · substructure · platform
Utterly required, irreplaceable
- crucialOf supreme importance
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- essentialFundamentally necessary
- necessaryIndispensable, cannot omit
prerequisite · imperative · integral · requisite · mandatory · compulsory · obligatory · paramount
cornerstone
Foundational building block
- keystoneArch's central locking stone
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
root · pillar · linchpin · core · nucleus · heart · crux · essence · fulcrum · mainstay
inherent
Existing as essential part
foundational · constitutive · intrinsic · innate · primitive · rudimentary · underlying · basal · primal · aboriginal
bedrock
Solid stone underground
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
substratum · infrastructure · framework · scaffolding · substrate · base · footing · substructure · platform · baseplate
indispensable
Utterly required, irreplaceable
necessary · prerequisite · imperative · integral · requisite · mandatory · compulsory · obligatory · paramount · pivotal
fundamentalnesssuperficiality
Absence of meaningful depth
superficialness · shallowness · outwardness · externality · accidentalness
fundamentalnesstriviality
Unimportant small matter
inconsequentiality · insignificance · unimportance · secondariness · marginalness
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