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necessities

/nɪˈsɛsətiz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
  2. The condition of being needy; desperate need; lack
  3. Something necessary; a requisite; something indispensable.
  4. Something which makes an act or an event unavoidable; an irresistible force; overruling power
  5. The negation of freedom in voluntary action; the subjection of all phenomena, whether material or spiritual, to inevitable causation; necessitarianism.
  6. Greater utilitarian good; used in justification of a criminal act.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data