necessary condition
noun
1
: a state of affairs that must prevail if another is to occur : prerequisite
2
: a proposition whose falsity assures the falsity of another
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In this sense, colonial logic about Ukraine was a necessary condition for the Holocaust. 
Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Its light is to the visible world what goodness is to the world of pure knowledge: an illuminating presence, a necessary condition for truth. Suzannah Showler, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 In a March 14 Facebook comment, Diia's page responded to a user clarifying that proof of COVID-19 vaccination is not a necessary condition for collecting the payment. Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022 More important, Mill maintains that the prevention of harm is a necessary condition of restraint, but not a sufficient one. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 21 Mar. 2022 Othering the colonizers is not sufficient to solve the political problems of today, let alone make up for past atrocities, but undermining false distinctions between insiders and outsiders is a necessary condition for substantive reconciliation. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022 On that point, if security is a necessary condition of reform, criminal justice reformers should be very worried. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021 Thus, a necessary condition for success in strategic innovation is that the innovation must be suited to the particular institutional context for innovation at that moment in time. Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021 Equitable and adequate financing of public school systems is a necessary condition for ensuring children equal opportunity to succeed. Bruce Baker, Quartz, 20 Sep. 2021 See More
Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 Its light is to the visible world what goodness is to the world of pure knowledge: an illuminating presence, a necessary condition for truth. Suzannah Showler, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 In a March 14 Facebook comment, Diia's page responded to a user clarifying that proof of COVID-19 vaccination is not a necessary condition for collecting the payment. Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022 More important, Mill maintains that the prevention of harm is a necessary condition of restraint, but not a sufficient one. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 21 Mar. 2022 Othering the colonizers is not sufficient to solve the political problems of today, let alone make up for past atrocities, but undermining false distinctions between insiders and outsiders is a necessary condition for substantive reconciliation. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022 On that point, if security is a necessary condition of reform, criminal justice reformers should be very worried. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021 Thus, a necessary condition for success in strategic innovation is that the innovation must be suited to the particular institutional context for innovation at that moment in time. Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021 Equitable and adequate financing of public school systems is a necessary condition for ensuring children equal opportunity to succeed. Bruce Baker, Quartz, 20 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1