1.
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.
必然性がない。
There is no necessity for it.
この変更には必然性があるのだろうか。
Is this change truly necessary?
物語のクライマックスでそのキャラクターが死ぬ必然性が感じられず、読者の不満を招いた。
The reader felt no narrative necessity for that character's death at the climax, which drew complaints.
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
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 必然性: necessity, inevitability (abstract, philosophical)
- 必要性: necessity, need (practical, concrete)
- 必然: inevitability (the concept itself, often as a na-adjective)
Related Words
Related:
必然 (inevitability)