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CRITICALNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of critical urgency
Synonyms:
criticality; criticalness; cruciality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("criticalness" is a kind of...):
urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)
Derivation:
critical (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency)
critical (forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis)
critical (urgently needed; absolutely necessary)
