What does Sine Qua Non mean? Extremely important, essential, something that cannot be dispensed with. These are some of the interpretations of the expression "sine qua non”.
Unknown to some, this expression has already been used frequently by former President Lula, who from time to time he made use of the noblest expressions, even in Latin, as is the case in this one in question. See the following example:
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“Education is a sine qua non condition for growth. I'm saying sine qua non because Caetano Veloso will hear that I'm saying it sine qua non, and he'll say “damn how Lula is doing cult'” Lula da Silva, November 11, 2009, at the 9th National Congress of Scientific Initiation, at FMU, in the capital paulista.
The expression used by the former president indicates a condition for something to happen. That is, education is an indispensable circumstance for growth, without it, there is no way to grow.
As previously mentioned, the expression originates from the Latin sine 'without', qua 'which', non 'not' and literally means "without which no”. In classical Latin, the correct and usual form, refers to the word “condicio” (condition), in the However, the word “conditio” (foundation) is often used: forming the phrase: “Conditio sine qua non”.
Synonyms
The words are used as synonyms: indispensable, obligatory, essential, fundamental, indispensable, imperative, necessary, mandatory, required.
