Words from this root (6)
essential
B1
/ɪˈsɛn.ʃəl/
Extremely important and necessary.
essence
B1
/ˈɛsəns/
The most basic and important quality that makes something what it is.
inessential
C2+
/ˌɪnɪˈsɛnʃəl/
not necessary or fundamental; dispensable
essentialism
C2+
/ɪˈsɛnʃəˌlɪzəm/
the view that things have a fixed set of essential underlying properties
quintessence
C2+
/kwɪnˈtɛsəns/
the most perfect or essential embodiment of a quality
quintessential
C2+
/ˌkwɪntəˈsɛnʃəl/
representing the most perfect or typical example of something