necessity
/nəˈsɛsəti/
that which could not have been otherwise
necessity in a sentence
“Mathematical truths are often considered necessary.”
Origin of necessity
Latin necessitas 'unavoidableness' from necesse 'unavoidable'
Related Words
nominalism
the view that universals are merely names, not real entities
realism
the view that abstract entities or universals exist independently
dualism
the view that mind and body are distinct substances
monism
the view that reality is fundamentally one kind of thing
causation
the relation between cause and effect
substance
that which exists independently and underlies properties