CRITICALNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A state of critical urgency

Synonyms:

criticality; criticalness; cruciality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("criticalness" is a kind of...):

urgency (the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity)

Derivation:

critical (being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency)

critical (forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis)

critical (urgently needed; absolutely necessary)