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desideratum

de·sid·er·a·tum

desideratum

 
 
pronunciation:
dih sI d reI tm
part of speech: noun
inflections: desiderata
definition: something that is needed or wanted.
For pro-democracy groups, the desideratum is a multi-party political system.
similar words:
requirement, requisite