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Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
Warren Bennis

Meaning of "sine qua non" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SINE QUA NON

Literally: without which not.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SINE QUA NON

sine qua non  [ˈsaɪnɪ kweɪ ˈnɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINE QUA NON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sine qua non is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SINE QUA NON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sine qua non

Sine qua non or condicio sine qua non refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient. It was originally a Latin legal term for " without which it could not be", or "but for..." or "without which nothing".

Definition of sine qua non in the English dictionary

The definition of sine qua non in the dictionary is an essential condition or requirement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SINE QUA NON


Agamemnon
ˌæɡəˈmɛmnɒn
Agnon
ˈæɡnɒn
Al-Anon
ˈæləˌnɒn
anon
əˈnɒn
chronon
ˈkrəʊnɒn
diazinon
daɪˈæzɪnɒn
guenon
ɡəˈnɒn
magnon
ˈmæɡnɒn
Memnon
ˈmɛmnɒn
ninon
ˈniːnɒn
olecranon
əʊˈlɛkrəˌnɒn
organon
ˈɔːɡəˌnɒn
paralipomenon
ˌpærəlaɪˈpɒmənɒn
Parthenon
ˈpɑːθəˌnɒn
phonon
ˈfəʊnɒn
properispomenon
prəʊˌperɪˈspəʊməˌnɒn
Simenon
ˈsɪmənɒn
synanon
ˈsɪnənɒn
turn-on
ˈtɜːnɒn
xenon
ˈzɛnɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINE QUA NON

sindon
sindonologist
sindonology
sine
sine curve
sine die
sine prole
sine wave
sinecure
sinecurism
sinecurist
sinew
sinewed
sinewiness
sinewless
sinewy
sinfonia

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINE QUA NON

Avignon
bourguignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
cannon
canon
cedar of Lebanon
champignon
chignon
dies non
Dungannon
fanon
filet mignon
Lebanon
Lennon
McKinnon
Menon
mignon
phenomenon
rognon
Shannon

Synonyms and antonyms of sine qua non in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sine qua non» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINE QUA NON

Find out the translation of sine qua non to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sine qua non from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sine qua non» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

必要条件
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sine qua non
570 millions of speakers

English

sine qua non
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिवार्य शर्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرط لا غنى عنه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непременным условием
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sine qua non
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাইন কি না
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

condition sine qua non
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sine qua non
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unerlässliche Voraussetzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

必須条件
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사인 ...로서 비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sine qua non
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sine qua non
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இல்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साइन अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Asılsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sine qua non
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sine qua non
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неодмінною умовою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

condiție sine qua non
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sine qua non
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sine qua non
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nödvändig förutsättning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sine qua non
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sine qua non

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SINE QUA NON»

The term «sine qua non» is regularly used and occupies the 59.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SINE QUA NON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sine qua non

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5 QUOTES WITH «SINE QUA NON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sine qua non.
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Warren Bennis
Taking charge of your own learning is a part of taking charge of your life, which is the sine qua non in becoming an integrated person.
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Noah Feldman
Marriage is the most obvious public practice about which information is readily available. When combined with the traditional Jewish concern for continuity and self-preservation - itself only intensified by the memory of the Holocaust - marriage becomes the sine qua non of social membership in the modern Orthodox community.
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Robert A. Heinlein
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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Arthur Laffer
Sound money is the sine qua non of a prosperous society.
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Janet Malcolm
Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINE QUA NON»

Discover the use of sine qua non in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sine qua non and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sine Qua Non
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Pyburn, 2012
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Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder
sine qua non \si-ni-౹kwä-౹nōn\ An essential or indispensable thing. q Good planning is the sine qua non of a successful dinner party. Sine qua non can be translated literally as "without which, not." This may sound like gibberish, but it means ...
Mary W. Cornog, 1993
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The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
Fuzzy norms do not yield useful analysis. Elections, open, free, and fair, are the essence of democracy, the inescapable sine qua non. Governments produced by elections may be inefficient, corrupt, shortsighted, irresponsible, WHAT? 9.
Samuel P. Huntington, 1993
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Hapax: Poems
... The fraction of impossible division, The element I move through, emptiness, The void stars hang in, the interstice of lace, The zero that still holds the sum in place. Last Will What he really wanted, she confesses, Was to 11 Sine Qua Non.
A.E. Stallings, 2006
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International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
A. THE CONDITIO SINE QUA NON RULE AND ITS RIVAL 106. Scope of this subchapter. - The present sub- chapter deals with a group of problems which arise because of the generally accepted notion that, to be a cause of harm in law, the ...
Viktor Knapp, 1984
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Billboard
-Sine Qua Non Productions has launched its Seven Star audiophile cassette series, featuring chrome 10 chrome duplication and the use of custom, imported cassette blanks, with a suggested list price of $6.98. Thirty titles comprise the initial ...
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New Directions in Comparative Law
Nordic participants is particularly apparent) we can see that the general questions regarding causation in fact are centred around the importance of a conditio sine qua non formula. The more specific, case-oriented questions for instance take ...
Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Joakim Nergelius, 2009
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The North American Review
ORIGINAL POETRY. 'THE SINE QUA Non.' Warm 'Adam was stationed in Eden's fair bower, The lord of the beast, of the bird and the flower, He exclaim'd, tho' creation my sceptre may own, To happiness still there's a sine qua non, Sine qua  ...
‎1815
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Adult Education for Community Development
Education as the driving force or sine qua non for citizen participation in development is undisputed, particularly when education is viewed and positioned as the major component in the strategy for development. Oftentimes the substantive ...
Edwin Hamilton, 1992
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The North American Review and Miscellaneous Journal
ORIGINAL POETRY. ' THE SINE <JUA IfON.' When Adam was stationed in Eden's fair bower, The lord of the beast, of the bird and the flower, He exclaim'd, tho' creation my sceptre may own, To happiness still there's a sine qua non, Sine qua ...
‎1815

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINE QUA NON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sine qua non is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dave Trott: SINE QUA NON
So the first row, the most basic, is the 'sine qua non' – without which nothing. If you don't get level one handled you can't move up to level two. So that seems ... «Campaign India, Jul 15»
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"Mens Rea" In Insider Trading – A "Sine Qua Non"‎
An insider (in context of insider trading in securities) is anyone who has privileged access to material price sensitive non-public information of the company due ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
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Comparison Of AMP Functions Is Sine Qua Non For ALP
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ("Tribunal") in the case of Toshiba India (P) Ltd.[1] has passed an order interpreting the Delhi High Court ... «Moneycontrol.com, Jun 15»
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Sine Qua Non wines to make rare auction-block appearance at …
Headed to the auction block is Binns' 2012 Andremily No. 1, a syrah; Sine Qua Non's 2012 Stein, a Grenache, and Sine Qua Non's The Line, also a Grenache. «Ventura County Star, Apr 15»
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Sine Qua Non Prices Show No Sign of Slowing
A bottle of Sine Qua Non rosé sold at auction for $42,000 last year, so perhaps it's not surprising that three half-bottles fetched more than $4000 at a recent sale ... «Wine-Searcher, Mar 15»
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Subsurface Property Rights: The Sine Qua Non of the American …
Last Sunday's (invaluable) Platts Energy Week with Bill Loveless featured an enlightening interview with Platts Director of News John Kingston, in which the ... «Global Warming, Dec 14»
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Sine Qua Non Wines Treated as Masterpieces
Collectors, possibly worried about the future of Sine Qua Non, bid stunning prices last weekend, including what might have been the most expensive bottle of ... «Wine-Searcher, Dec 14»
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Currency devaluation: A sine qua non to frustration of contracts?
On November 25, 2014, after an extensive meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN announced the devaluation of the country's currency by ... «BusinessDay, Dec 14»
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California cult winemaker 'improving' after bike crash
The winemaker and co-owner of highly regarded Sine Qua Non in California remains in hospital after crashing his motorbike, but has shown signs of ... «decanter.com, Oct 14»
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Sine Qua Non's Manfred Krankl seriously injured in motorcycle …
Cult winemaker Manfred Krankl, whose Central Coast label Sine Qua Non is one of the most sought-after in the United States, was in a serious motorcycle wreck ... «Los Angeles Times, Sep 14»

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