Essentiality

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Essentiality \Es*sen`ti*al"i*ty\, n.
     The quality of being essential; the essential part. --Jer.
     Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  essentiality
       n : basic importance [syn: {essentialness}] [ant: {inessentiality}]