INVALIDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does invalidity mean? 

• INVALIDITY (noun)
  The noun INVALIDITY has 1 sense:

1. illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVALIDITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

invalidity; invalidness

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

illogic; illogicality; illogicalness; inconsequence (invalid or incorrect reasoning)

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

fallaciousness (result of a fallacy or error in reasoning)

Derivation:

invalid (having no cogency or legal force)