Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Absence of necessity; the state or property of being unnecessary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Absence of necessity; the quality or state of being unnecessary.
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- noun That which is not a
necessity .
Etymologies
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non- + necessity
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Examples
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Now if life means composition of elements, then the materialist may come to the conclusion of the nonnecessity of a composer, the nonnecessity of a creator; for composition is all there is to it, and that is accomplished by adhesion or cohesion.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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