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VITALNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vitalness mean?
• VITALNESS (noun)
The noun VITALNESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
2. the quality of being essential to maintain life
Familiarity information: VITALNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
indispensability; indispensableness; vitalness
Hypernyms ("vitalness" is a kind of...):
essentiality; essentialness (basic importance)
Derivation:
indispensable (absolutely necessary; vitally necessary)
vital (performing an essential function in the living body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being essential to maintain life
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("vitalness" is a kind of...):
essentiality; essentialness (basic importance)
Derivation:
vital (manifesting or characteristic of life)
vital (performing an essential function in the living body)
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