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sine qua non

NOUN
  1. a prerequisite

How To Use sine qua non In A Sentence

  • In the psychopathic temperament we have the emotionality which is the sine qua non of moral perception; we have the intensity and tendency to emphasis which are the essence of practical moral vigor; and we have the love of metaphysics and mysticism which carry one's interests beyond the surface of the sensible world. The Varieties of Religious Experience
  • So legendary are the soporific effects of the language of governments that afternoon siestas are a sine qua non in government offices and Prime Ministers have regularly dropped off to sleep while delivering their own speeches.
  • The first is long-term reunification, imposed by Beijing as the only option for Taiwan, and the sine qua non for normal relations with any country. Archive 2008-04-01
  • I was confronted with the official ultimatum and _sine quâ non_, and have subsequently learnt that the cause of this self-denying ordinance is due to the uncontrollable enthusiasm of British Public for works of art, which leads them to signify approbation by puncturing innumerable orifices by dint of sticks or umbrellas in the process of pointing out tit-bits of painting, and on account of the detrimental influence on the marketable value of pictures thus distinguished by the plerophory of the _Vox Populi_. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
  • Patience is a sine qua non for a good teacher.
  • TV coverage is the sine qua non of a sport if it is to thrive.
  • Successful agricultural reform is also a sine qua non of Mexico's modernisation.
  • The control of inflation is a sine qua non for economic stability.
  • The sine qua non of public comparability is agreement between opponents of the success and failures of paradigms as viewed within paradigms. ID Research, Look to the Example
  • All this, he writes, " began with water, the sine qua non of any civilization.
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