ALL meanings of necessariness
nec·es·sar·y
N n - noun necessariness The state or characteristic of being necessary. 1
- adjective necessariness being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor. 1
- adjective necessariness happening or existing by necessity: a necessary change in our plans. 1
- adjective necessariness acting or proceeding from compulsion or necessity; not free; involuntary: a necessary agent. 1
- adjective necessariness Logic. (of a proposition) such that a denial of it involves a self-contradiction. (of an inference or argument) such that its conclusion cannot be false if its supporting premises are true. (of a condition) such that it must exist if a given event is to occur or a given thing is to exist. Compare sufficient (def 2). 1
- noun plural necessariness something necessary or required for a particular purpose; necessity. 1
- noun plural necessariness necessaries, Law. food, clothing, etc., required by a dependent or incompetent and varying with his or her social or economic position or that of the person upon whom he or she is dependent. 1
- noun plural necessariness Chiefly New England. a privy or toilet. 1
- noun necessariness the quality of being necessary 0