desideratum
noun
de·sid·er·a·tum
di-ˌsi-də-ˈrä-təm
-ˌzi-,
-ˈrā-
plural desiderata
di-ˌsi-də-ˈrä-tə
-ˌzi-,
-ˈrā-
: something desired as essential
detached individuality does not seem to be a desideratum of the Vedantic mind—
Robert Bierstedt
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