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The polite word for non-negotiable, dressed up so you feel it was your choice.
means Describes something that must be done or provided, with no acceptable way around it.
from From Latin requirere, to seek again or demand back — re (again) plus quaerere (to seek), the same root behind question and inquiry, so a requirement is literally a thing sought insistently.
Legal weightIn contracts, required and shall both mean mandatory.
False kinRequisite and require share a root; request begs, require commands.
Form traumaThe asterisk became its universal red-starred shorthand.