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VITALNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being essential to maintain life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vitalness" is a kind of...):
essentiality; essentialness (basic importance)
Derivation:
vital (manifesting or characteristic of life)
vital (performing an essential function in the living body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
Synonyms:
indispensability; indispensableness; vitalness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vitalness" is a kind of...):
essentiality; essentialness (basic importance)
Derivation:
indispensable (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary)
vital (performing an essential function in the living body)
