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EFFECTIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effectivity mean? 

EFFECTIVITY (noun)
  The noun EFFECTIVITY has 1 sense:

1. power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effectplay

  Familiarity information: EFFECTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EFFECTIVITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

effectiveness; effectivity; effectuality; effectualness

Hypernyms ("effectivity" is a kind of...):

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Attribute:

effective; effectual; efficacious (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)

ineffective; ineffectual; uneffective (not producing an intended effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "effectivity"):

incisiveness; trenchancy (keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect)

efficaciousness; efficacy (capacity or power to produce a desired effect)

Derivation:

effective (able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively)

effective (works well as a means or remedy)


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