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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

condizione essenziale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: konditsjone essentsjale

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sine qua non/ˌsɪ.neɪ ˈkwɑː ˈnɒn/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La pazienza è una condizione sine qua non per insegnare."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An essential condition or element; something that is absolutely necessary.

    "Trust is the sine qua non of any successful partnership."
  2. 2

    An indispensable prerequisite for the achievement of a goal or outcome.

    "Adequate funding is a sine qua non for launching the new research initiative."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived directly from Latin, the phrase literally translates to 'without which, not'. It emerged in medieval scholastic philosophy and legal terminology to denote an indispensable condition or prerequisite for a specific outcome.

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