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Vocab: Sine qua non

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Sine qua non \sin-ih-kwah-NON; -NOHN; sy-nih-kway-\, noun

An essential condition or element; an indispensable thing.

However we choose to define a classic, a sine qua non is that the material lend itself to reinterpretation in the light of changing circumstances.
– Matthew Gurewitsch, “A Country of Lesser Giants“, New York Times, April 4, 1999

Resource: Dictionary.com

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