The property or characteristic of being crucial or absolutely necessary for achieving a particular goal or outcome.
Formed from 'crucial' plus the common English suffix '-ness,' which transforms adjectives into abstract nouns expressing their quality. This is a more informal alternative to 'cruciality.'
English gives us two ways to say basically the same thing—'cruciality' and 'crucialness'—and people actually use both, showing how language lets us express ourselves in different registers depending on whether we're being formal (cruciality) or casual (crucialness).
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