necessary items

a briefcase of money and a briefcase of drugs.

When I move out of a place I only take the necessary items.

by rulin June 3, 2005

necessary bullshit

The total and utter nonsense that you yourself don't believe, but will appease your college/university professors in an essay.

Dude, that passage on new age hyperrealism is the necessary bullshit I need to ace that English essay!

by Nuju April 27, 2010

necessary myth

In politics, a necessary myth is what the powerful elite creates to fill an ideological or spirtual vacuum in society, with the purpose of giving the populace something to believe in. The myth can be a certain religious idea, the promise of a better future for all, or if everything else fails, the promise of protecting us from the nightmare of terror and nuclear holocaust.

Alqaeda as an extraodinary well organized and powerful network with tentacular reach was a myth created by the Neo-Conservatives. It was a necessary myth cogitated out of whole cloth by these to get a firmer grip on power and farther their misguided agenda.

by yoova October 4, 2006

Necessary-Evil

“Necessary -evil" Technology Codependency is a controversial concept for an dysfunctional overreaching societal "relationship" where one person / group supports or enables another group /person's invasive poor mental health addiction with Eavesdropping .

Justin Trudeau's Deliverology Orwellian logic is a Necessary-evil , that promises accountability and delivers — well, nothing.

by freethinking and openminded February 4, 2019

Necessary Evil

1) A myth that the republicans keep pushing on people so they can go to war with everyone. People like Gandhi have already proven this to be a myth

1) If we don't go and kill all of the people in oil rich countries then they will annihilate us. How barbaric and we claim to be civilized?

by mike September 6, 2003

Necessary Crush

A necessary crush is when all your friends have crushes on other people, and you feel the need to like someone/anyone so you can be a part of it, too.

Girl 1: Oh my crush is so cute!
Girl 2: Mine too!!
Girl 3: I think I have a necessary crush because of you guys...

by ParisianLove August 10, 2016

Necessary Counterfactuality

Counterfactual reasoning that is not just justified but essential—without it, certain questions cannot be asked or answered. Necessary Counterfactuality arises when we must imagine alternatives to understand the present or shape the future. How can we know if a policy worked without imagining what would have happened without it? How can we evaluate a leader without imagining alternatives? In online political debates, necessary counterfactuals are those we cannot avoid—they're built into the questions we're asking. The task is not to eliminate them but to handle them responsibly, with humility about their limits.

Example: "They were debating whether the stimulus had worked. The question itself required necessary counterfactuality: what would have happened without it? She acknowledged the uncertainty: 'We can't know for sure, but models suggest...' Necessary counterfactuality meant she couldn't avoid speculation, but she could be honest about its limits. Her opponent, claiming absolute certainty, was the one being dishonest."

by Abzugal March 7, 2026