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Definition of Sine qua non
1. Noun. A prerequisite.
Definition of Sine qua non
1. Noun. An essential or indispensable element, condition, or ingredient. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) a test used to establish causation in fact. ¹
3. Noun. ((common usage)) In debate or formal discussion: a "going-in" position. ¹
4. Noun. (defdate 18th C–present) (alternative spelling of sine qua non) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sine Qua Non
Literary usage of Sine qua non
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1815)
"THE sine qua non.' WHEN Adam was stationed in Eden's fair bower, The lord of the
beast, ... sine qua non, &c. The poet may sing of the charms of the lyre, ..."
2. History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1839)
"The latter proposed at once, as a sine qua non, the surrender of an immense
portion of the American territory, and a total relinquishment of the lake shores ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"Legal title In the plaintiff at the time of the Institution of the suit Is a sine
qua non In an action of trover. Under the facts appearing in this record, ..."
4. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"... of substituting one religion for another—Is the possession of religion a
condition sine qua non of superiority in the struggle for existence ? ..."
5. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"... substituting one religion for another—Is the possession of religion a condition
sine qua non of superiority in the struggle for existence ? ..."
6. History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1844)
"The latter proposed at once, as a sine qua non, the surrender of an immense
portion of the American territory, and a total relinquishment of the lake ..."
7. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"... collided with Karolyi's declaration that he must insist upon the integrity of
Saxony as a conditio sine qua non of the conditions of peace. ..."
8. The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi: Documents Relating by John Quincy Adams (1822)
"You will perceive by the correspondence that the 9th article was offered us as
a sine qua non and an ultimatum. ..."
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