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Sine qua non   /saɪn kwɑ nɑn/   Listen
Sine qua non

noun
1.
A prerequisite.  Synonym: essential condition.





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"Sine qua non" Quotes from Famous Books



... pressure upon the vakeel they again yielded, but on condition that I would take one of the mutineers named "Bellaal," who wished to join them, but whose offer I had refused, as he had been a notorious ringleader in every mutiny. It was a sine qua non that he was to go; and knowing the character of the man, I felt convinced that it had been arranged that he should head the mutiny conspired to be enacted upon our arrival at Chenooda's camp ...
— In the Heart of Africa • Samuel White Baker
... fatality, requisite, destiny, fate, sine qua non, emergency, indispensability, unavoidableness, essential, indispensableness, urgency, ...
— English Synonyms and Antonyms - With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions • James Champlin Fernald


Words linked to "Sine qua non" :   essential condition, requirement, prerequisite


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