Definition of Sine qua non

1. Noun. A prerequisite.

Exact synonyms: Essential Condition
Generic synonyms: Prerequisite, Requirement

Definition of Sine qua non

1. Noun. An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) a test used to establish causation in fact. ¹

3. Noun. ((common usage)) In debate or formal discussion: a "going-in" position. ¹

4. Noun. (defdate 18th C–present) (alternative spelling of sine qua non) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sine Qua Non

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sinding
sinding-larson-johansson disease
sindings
sindon
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sindonology
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sine curve
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sine formula
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sine qua nons
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sine ratio
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sinecurisms
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sined

Literary usage of Sine qua non

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1815)
"THE sine qua non.' WHEN Adam was stationed in Eden's fair bower, The lord of the beast, ... sine qua non, &c. The poet may sing of the charms of the lyre, ..."

2. History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1839)
"The latter proposed at once, as a sine qua non, the surrender of an immense portion of the American territory, and a total relinquishment of the lake shores ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"Legal title In the plaintiff at the time of the Institution of the suit Is a sine qua non In an action of trover. Under the facts appearing in this record, ..."

4. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"... of substituting one religion for another—Is the possession of religion a condition sine qua non of superiority in the struggle for existence ? ..."

5. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"... substituting one religion for another—Is the possession of religion a condition sine qua non of superiority in the struggle for existence ? ..."

6. History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1844)
"The latter proposed at once, as a sine qua non, the surrender of an immense portion of the American territory, and a total relinquishment of the lake ..."

7. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"... collided with Karolyi's declaration that he must insist upon the integrity of Saxony as a conditio sine qua non of the conditions of peace. ..."

8. The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi: Documents Relating by John Quincy Adams (1822)
"You will perceive by the correspondence that the 9th article was offered us as a sine qua non and an ultimatum. ..."

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