as in essence
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is
physical strength or endurance is the essentiality that makes activity a sport and not just a game
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Recent Examples of essentiality
Armani’s legacy is a lesson in essentiality, discipline and authenticity.
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Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
The growing importance of storage, indeed its essentiality, is covered in a major article — more of a white paper, really -- authored by three energy attorneys at the world’s largest law firm, Dentons: Clinton Vince, Jennifer Morrisey and Andrew Mina.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
With Jim Crow, an imperfect church, economic despair, and the Klan looming, the film underlines again and again the essentiality of love—not as an antidote, but as an alternative, an entirely separate mode of experiencing the world.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025
Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 3 Sep. 2023
Family’s essence of essentiality.
—Denis Villeneuve, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2021
Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
The growing importance of storage, indeed its essentiality, is covered in a major article — more of a white paper, really -- authored by three energy attorneys at the world’s largest law firm, Dentons: Clinton Vince, Jennifer Morrisey and Andrew Mina.
—Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
With Jim Crow, an imperfect church, economic despair, and the Klan looming, the film underlines again and again the essentiality of love—not as an antidote, but as an alternative, an entirely separate mode of experiencing the world.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2025
Many people across the healthcare ecosystem acknowledge the power and essentiality of trust to most things in healthcare, including engagement and adherence to health advice.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Paul Johnson’s sweeping yet granular historical account of modernity’s emergence reinforces the role and essentiality of the individual, for good and for evil.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 3 Sep. 2023
Family’s essence of essentiality.
—Denis Villeneuve, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentiality
Noun
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That a collaborative hive is the essence of bee-ness is a common misconception.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the essence of Mars in Scorpio sharpens your focus and heightens your passion around career matters.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Despite the unintentional nature of the plunking, both benches were warned when Kemp began veering toward the mound after being hit.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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That’s not to overstate the depth or emotive nature of a fun little ride that uses broad-brush psychology as an excuse for an elegant puzzle-box that, once solved, does not require further thought.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Essentiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentiality. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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