sine qua non

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of sine qua non.
   alt-of, alternative
2. An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient.

Equivalents

12 more languages

العربيةشَرْط لَازِملا بُدَّ منه

Ελληνικάεκ των ων ουκ άνευ

Suomiedellytyskynnyskysymys

Magyarelőfeltétel

Italianocondicio sine qua nonconditio sine qua non

日本語必要条件必須条件要件

한국어불가결없어서는 안 될 것필수조건

Latinasine qua non

Nederlandsabsolute voorwaarde

Portuguêssine qua non

Русскийнеобходи́мое усло́вие n)обяза́тельное усло́вие

Türkçeolmazsa olmaz

Examples

“Near-synonyms: dealbreaker, necessary condition”

“it is hardly likely he would have⟳ found any one so singularly interesting and fascinating as Margarita Riccardini; for the striking and animated beauty of her father was softened and relieved by that peculiar something, half modesty, and half pride, which is the characteristic of English loveliness, and which every Englishman requires as a sine qua non ere he resigns himself to a bondage it is the habit of his nature, or the result⟳ of his privileges, to admit⟳ reluctantly.”

“Beauty, grace, and accomplishments are, as I said before, a sine qua non, but as Basil is already the colonel of a crack cavalry corps, and has other military honours promised him in the near future, as also by reason⟳ that his father is Governor-General of the gubernium of Odessa, and will leave⟳ his son abundant wealth as well as his title of count⟳, I think⟳ I have⟳ a right to expect⟳ something more in his future wife than mere accomplishments and good looks.”

“Literature, instead of being an accessory, is the fundamental sine qua non of complete⟳ living.”

“[…] whereas some degree of political freedom is a sine qua non condition for contestation, democracy cannot be sufficiently defined in terms of “liberties”[…]”

“Knowledge is the sine quâ non; but it is forgotten that moral is, to say⟳ the least, as useful as historical or scientific knowledge.”

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