| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A fundamental irreducible constituent of a whole: element, essential, fundamental, rudiment (often used in plural). Idioms: part and parcel. See PART. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or being an irreducible element: elemental, elementary, essential, fundamental, primitive, ultimate, underlying. See SURFACE. 2. Of or treating the most basic aspects: basal, beginning, elementary, rudimental, rudimentary. See SIMPLE, START. 3. Constituting or forming part of the essence of something: constitutional, constitutive, essential, fundamental, integral, vital. See BE, SURFACE. 4. Arising from or going to the root or source: basal, foundational, fundamental, original, primary, radical, underlying. See SURFACE.
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