sine qua non

Noun

Meaning

a prerequisite

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

must essential requirement specification necessity clause imperative milestone kicker requisite prerequisite stipulation precondition proviso desideratum
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Antonyms

weed

Hypernyms

requirement prerequisite

Examples

Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success. Charles Spurgeon

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress. Stephen Ambrose

Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person. Warren Bennis

Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society. Arthur Laffer

The psycho-physiological hypothesis is both inductively and deductively the sine qua non of the science of psychology. Boris Sidis

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving...conflict is a sine qua non of reflection and ingenuity. John Dewey

Close letter words and terms

sine galvanometer sine law sine prole sine ratio sine rule sine signal