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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 withoutplay

2. the quality of being essential to maintain lifeplay

  Familiarity information: VITALNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VITALNESS (noun)


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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