Importance
Related: fame - influence - reputation - significance - notability
Contrast: obscurity
Definition
Importance is the measure of value, and causal agency. Importance in an object or event is the measure of its meaning and virtue. Importance can also be applied to human roles and occupations. Time magazine created a list of the 100 Most Important People of the Century.Importance plays a crucial role in existentialism, because the stratification of importance exclusively dictates what one seeks in their life. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importance