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sine qua non
si·ne qua non [ sìnni kwaa nón, sinni kwaa nṓn, sni kway nṓn, snee kway nón ]


noun 
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essential condition: an essential condition or prerequisite
The suspension of industrial activity is considered a sine qua non for talks to proceed.
[< Latin, "without which (cause) not"]
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