Usually means: Necessity personified in Greek mythology.
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  1. Ananke: Merriam-Webster
  2. Ananke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Ananke: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Ananke, ananke: Wiktionary
  5. Ananke: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Ananke: Dictionary.com
  7. Ananke (disambiguation), Ananke (moon), Ananke (mythology), Ananke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Ananke: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Ananke: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Ananke)

noun:  Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances, to which even the gods must ultimately pay homage and deference.
noun:  (Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle.
noun:  (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

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