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- Dictionaryexigency/ˈɛksɪdʒ(ə)nsi/
noun
- 1. an urgent need or demand: "women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it" Similar
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The meaning of EXIGENCY is that which is required in a particular situation —usually used in plural. How to use exigency in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Exigency.
EXIGENCY definition: 1. the difficulties of a situation, especially one that causes urgent demands: 2. the difficulties…. Learn more.
The very word conjures up danger and intrigue that demand a cool head and an immediate effort at a solution. Exigency derives from the Latin noun exigentia, which means "urgency" and comes from the verb exigere, meaning "to demand or require."
3 meanings: 1. the state of being exigent; urgency 2. an urgent demand; pressing requirement 3. an emergency.... Click for more definitions.
EXIGENCY meaning: 1. the difficulties of a situation, especially one that causes urgent demands: 2. the difficulties…. Learn more.
a need or demand that you must deal with immediately synonym demand. the exigencies of war. The political exigencies facing both leaders mean they must resume talks if violence is to be avoided. He put financial exigency before personal sentiment.
noun. , plural ex·i·gen·cies. exigent state or character; urgency. Usually exigencies. the need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance, condition, etc.: the exigencies of city life. a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy; emergency: He promised help in any exigency.
The earliest known use of the noun exigency is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for exigency is from 1588, in the writing of William Lambarde, antiquary and lawyer. exigency is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin exigentia.
: something that is necessary in a particular situation. [count] — usually plural. Administrative exigencies [= needs] have led to some changes in the structure of the committee. the exigencies of war. [noncount] They are motivated by political exigency [= necessity] rather than by principle.
n. pl. ex·i·gen·cies. 1. A pressing or urgent situation: "We were caught in a wartime exigency that was beyond any humane, any rational, resistance" (John Kenneth Galbraith). 2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need: "distracted by the exigencies of running a business" (Richard Curtis).
