The crux of his argument can be found on p. 56.
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Crux
//kɹʌks//
Synonyms for "crux" (186 found)
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jointjokerjuncturekernelkeystoneknotknotty pointlandmarklatin crosslong crossmain pointmain thingmaltese crossmaterial pointmattermeatmilestonemind bogglermind-bogglermystery
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Noun(16 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
45 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَرْبِط الْفَرَس noun (central or essential point)
Armenian
3 entries- առանցք noun (central or essential point)
- առանցքային կետ noun (central or essential point)
- շրջադարձային կետ noun (critical or transitional moment)
Bulgarian
3 entries- затруднение noun (puzzle or difficulty)
- критичен момент noun (critical or transitional moment)
- същност на проблема noun (central or essential point)
Catalan
2 entries- moll de l'os noun (central or essential point)
- quid noun (central or essential point)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 關鍵 /关键 noun (central or essential point)
Czech
2 entries- jádro noun (central or essential point)
- podstata noun (central or essential point)
Dutch
1 entries- kruispunt noun (critical or transitional moment)
Finnish
4 entries- hankaluus noun (puzzle or difficulty)
- käännekohta noun (critical or transitional moment)
- taitekohta noun (critical or transitional moment)
- vaikein kohta noun (hardest part of a climb)
French
1 entries- crux noun (hardest part of a climb)
German
4 entries- Crux noun (puzzle or difficulty)
- Kern (-punkt) noun (central or essential point)
- Knackpunkt noun (puzzle or difficulty)
- Wendepunkt noun (critical or transitional moment)
Hebrew
1 entries- עיקר noun (central or essential point)
Italian
1 entries- punto cruciale noun (central or essential point)
Malayalam
1 entries- കാര്യം noun (central or essential point)
Māori
1 entries- tino noun (central or essential point)
Polish
2 entries- sedno noun (central or essential point)
- zagadka noun (puzzle or difficulty)
Portuguese
2 entries- momento decisivo noun (critical or transitional moment)
- ponto crucial noun (central or essential point)
Romanian
2 entries- moment decisiv noun (critical or transitional moment)
- punct crucial noun (central or essential point)
Russian
3 entries- основная проблема noun (central or essential point)
- решающий вопрос noun (central or essential point)
- суть noun (central or essential point)
Spanish
4 entries- asunto esencial noun (central or essential point)
- busilis noun (puzzle or difficulty)
- meollo noun (central or essential point)
- punto crucial noun (central or essential point)
Swedish
3 entries- krux noun (puzzle or difficulty)
- kärna noun (central or essential point)
- pudelns kärna noun (central or essential point)
Welsh
1 entries- craidd noun (central or essential point)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
That's the crux of the matter.
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Here's the crux of the problem.
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The crux of the matter is poverty, not responsibility.
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