Demanding and Essential

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Demanding adjective - Requiring much time, effort, or careful attention.

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Essential and demanding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Essential" instead an adjective "Demanding".

Nearby Words: demand, demanded, demandant

Essential adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Demanding and essential are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demanding" instead an adjective "Essential".

The increase in the length of credits came about from various Hollywood unions requesting (or demanding, depending on which side of the table you were on) more recognition for the technical professionals that are essential to the production.

Source: Closing Credits
Both campaigns are at the opposite ends of the spectrum but they both end up demanding people to give up essential parts of themselves (body for promagnation and hearts for promachination) in order to supposedly ascend to superior beings and will not take no for an answer.

Source: Video Game / Baten Kaitos

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