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EFFICACIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does efficaciousness mean? 

EFFICACIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun EFFICACIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. capacity or power to produce a desired effectplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EFFICACIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capacity or power to produce a desired effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

efficaciousness; efficacy

Context example:

concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine

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

effectiveness; effectivity; effectuality; effectualness (power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect)

Attribute:

efficacious (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect)

inefficacious (lacking the power to produce a desired effect)

Derivation:

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

efficacious (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect)


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