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necessity, inevitability, logical necessity
The quality of being necessary or inevitable. Often used when questioning whether something has a compelling reason to exist, happen, or be done in a particular way.
Usage
必然性 is commonly used in intellectual and analytical discussions — literary criticism, philosophy, business strategy, and policy debates. It often appears in the negative (必然性がない) to argue that something lacks a compelling reason.
Common collocations
- 必然性がある: there is a necessity
- 必然性がない: there is no necessity
- 必然性を感じる: to feel a sense of inevitability
- 歴史的必然性: historical inevitability