Essence and Key

Essence

Essence noun - The quality or qualities that make a thing what it is.

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Key and essence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead a noun "Essence".

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Essence and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Essence" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

low	low essence	low key
similar	similar essence	similar key
corresponding	corresponding essence	corresponding key
specific	specific essence	specific key
Other adjectives: original, true, real, dark, main, necessary, magic, unique, possible, yellow, mystical, higher, red, genetic.

Jean-Paul Sartre, the key thinker of the movement, wrote that "Existence precedes essence." You are born, and then you are defined.

Source: Silly Rabbit, Cynicism Is for Losers!
Cosmic Keystone: Each Incarnate is this for their respective realm, as evidenced by the followers of Nurgle trying to claim Alarielle's essence as the key to Ghyran's corruption.

Source: Tabletop Game / Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
Adaptation Displacement invoked Adaptation Distillation: The movie condenses the events of the book and focuses on the key moments, without losing its essence.

Source: Literature / The Damned United

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