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31necessity — If a being is necessary then it is impossible that it should not have existed. God is held by many Christian philosophers to be a necessary being. There are, however, different types of necessity, and there is some dispute over precisely which …
32necessity knows no law — Cf. L. necessitas non habet legem, necessity has no law. 1377 LANGLAND Piers Plowman B. xx. 10 Nede ne hath no lawe, ne neure shal falle in dette. c 1530 W. TYNDALE Answer to More B1 Two things are without law, God and necessity. a 1555 N. RIDLEY …
33Necessity good — In economics a necessity good is a type of normal good. Like any other normal good, when income rises, demand increases. But the increase for a necessity good is less than proportional to the rise in income, so the proportion of expenditure on… …
34necessity — ne•ces•si•ty [[t]nəˈsɛs ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life[/ex] 2) the fact of being necessary or indispensable; indispensability: the necessity of adequate housing[/ex] 3)… …
35necessity — n. (pl. ies) 1 a an indispensible thing; a necessary (central heating is a necessity). b (usu. foll. by of) indispensability (the necessity of a warm overcoat). 2 a state of things or circumstances enforcing a certain course (there was a… …
36Necessity defense (Kansas) — For the necessity defense generally, see necessity. The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that the necessity defense may not be used when the harm the defendant claims to be avoiding through his actions was legal, while the action undertaken to… …
37necessity — noun 1) the microwave is now regarded as a necessity Syn: essential, indispensable item, requisite, prerequisite, necessary, basic, sine qua non, desideratum; informal must have 2) political necessity forced him to resign Syn: force of… …
38necessity is the mother of invention — Cf. PERSIUS Satires Prologue 10 magister artis ingeniique largitor venter, the belly is the teacher of art and the giver of wit. The idea is stated more succinctly in 1519 W. HORMAN Vulgaria 52 Nede taught hym wytte. Necessitas ingenium dedit.… …
39necessity — A compulsion of natural forces or the forces of man. Less pompously, a toilet or water closet. Something necessary. See necessaries; public necessity; public necessity and convenience; way of necessity; work of necessity …
40necessity — A proposition is necessary if it could not have been false. We can contemplate various possibilities describing how things might have been but are not; if in all these possibilities a proposition is true, then it is true in all possible worlds or …
