Definition of "vitalness" []

• The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without (noun)
• The quality of being essential to maintain life (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "What's notable here is the way that Crowe's step-by-step investigation makes a passionate case for the vitalness of newspaper reporting."
• ""I should think," meditated Page, taking the matter into serious consideration, "that the vitalness of even that experience would depend somewhat on the character undergoing it."