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criticalness

/ˈkɹɪtɪkəɫnəs/ noun

The state or quality of being critical.

Word Origin From Greek krinein 'to separate, judge' — a critic is literally a 'judge'. The idea: being critical means separating the good from the bad. The same root gives us hypocrisy (judging under, pretending), diacritical (distinguishing marks), and endocrine (internal secretion, from krinein 'separate'). The -al and -ness suffixes make it a noun for the quality of being critical.

noun The state or quality of being critical. countable

The criticalness of the patient's condition required immediate medical attention.

(名词) 批判性；关键性；紧要性

病人病情的危重性需要立即就医。

(sustantivo) criticidad; gravedad [El estado o cualidad de ser crítico.]

La gravedad del estado del paciente requirió atención médica inmediata.

(nom) gravité; urgence; criticité [Le caractère critique; gravité ou importance extrême d'une situation exigeant une attention urgente.]

La gravité de l'état du patient exigeait une intervention médicale immédiate.

(Substantiv) die Eigenschaft oder der Zustand, kritisch, entscheidend oder von großer Bedeutung zu sein.

Die **criticalness** des Zustands des Patienten erforderte sofortige medizinische Behandlung.

(名詞) 重大さ。危険が差し迫り、注意を要する状態。

患者の状態の重篤さから、即座の医療処置が必要とされた。

(substantivo) criticidade; gravidade [O estado ou qualidade de ser crítico.]

A gravidade do estado do paciente exigiu atenção médica imediata.

Synonyms: criticality cruciality importance urgency significance essentialness gravity seriousness Antonyms: triviality unimportance insignificance irrelevance
Word parts: critic + al + ness

Related words

critic criticize criticism

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