desideratum

But in reality, ideological purity and political loyalty have become the overriding desiderata of the day.

Diversity isn’t necessarily an ethical desideratum in a collection.

If conservatives think they can do a better job of delivering the most legitimate desiderata of conservatism, then it's on them to explain how, and to show that it can actually work.

But there’s another overall desideratum: The system has to be straightforward enough to be managed easily — to get large numbers of people vaccinated as swiftly as possible.

Since her subjects are motivated by wealth or a related desideratum—beauty, youth, glamour, celebrity—they tend to be pathetic or...