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Necessitude

/nəˈsɛsɪt(j)uːd/ · noun

Meaning

(rare) The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (rare) The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness.
  2. (rare, usually pluralized) A circumstance or event which is necessary or unavoidable, especially because it is a requirement of a social role or natural state of affairs.
  3. (rare, chiefly philosophy) Necessity.
  4. (archaic) A relation or connection between people or things.

Example Sentences

It had been of all things the most harassing and wearying—a life of dreary necessitude—a perpetual struggle with debt.
Even if she could have faced life without him, she could not go through it all again, the bankruptcy and shame and necessitude.
He lives with them in the isolated home of the tribe and enters into the mysterious communion with the domestic gods who still take part in the necessitudes of the family.
The Americans. . . fear not the necessitudes of fortune.
As Conor Cruise O'Brien has pointed out, this passage has a "poignant ring," in light of the probable fact that Burke's father was one of those who betrayed his "duty" by sacrificing his "opinion of eternal happiness" to the necessitudes of legal practice.
In Popperian terms, it demonstrates the necessitude of public debate.
The relation and necessitude is trifling and loose, and they are all equally contemptible; because the mind entertains no loves or union.

Synonyms for necessitude

Antonyms for necessitude

Related Words

necessitousnessnecessitynecessarinessneedednessneedfulnessneedinessneedyhoodunnecessarinessnecessitieneedcessitynoodlinessegenceneedihoodneednecessitationlackingnessnecessitativeindispensablenessrequisitenessscarcity

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What does necessitude mean?

Necessitude means (rare) The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness..

What is a synonym for necessitude?

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What is the opposite of necessitude?

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How do you use necessitude in a sentence?

It had been of all things the most harassing and wearying—a life of dreary necessitude—a perpetual struggle with debt.

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