The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Criticalness \Crit"ic*al*ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time. [1913 Webster] 2. Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
criticalness n 1: a state of critical urgency [syn: criticality, criticalness, cruciality]