Desideratum

/dɪzˌɪdəɹˈɑːtəm/

/dɪzˌɪdɚɹˈɑːɾəm/

[noun]

Desideratum

[NOUN]

a thing that is essential or desired

Examples

1. And, uh, in our day and age, um, emotion I think is, is the great desideratum, you know?

2. And this is in fact the heart of the desideratum that was articulated by the statistician Tordelinius in 1977 when the statistics community was trying to get its hands on what is a statistical database-- what does it mean that it's statistical and not about individuals.

3. That's self-evident as a desideratum.

4. Following Hume, Witherspoon's essay provide an influential analysis of why the powers of money, debt, and credit should be removed as a desideratum for governments.