validity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
2. (countable, uncountable) State of having legal force.
3. (countable, uncountable) A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).
4. (countable, uncountable) The genuinity, as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity, of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.

Synonyms

lawfulness

effectiveness

legality

legitimacy

efficacy

validness

eligibility

effect

robustness

availability

legislation

cogency

authenticity

rigor

rigour

acceptability

ability

legitimization

lustiness

enactment

authorization

currency

capacity

propriety

qualifications

hardiness

price

proficiency

proper

quality

reasonableness

relevance

right

rightfulness

rightness

security

shelf life

significance

solidity

sturdiness

sufficiency

suitability

trueness

truth

valid

value

verification

vogue

worth

reliability

Translations

validité

validez

validità

validade

Gültigkeit

geldigheid

validesa

Validität

vigencia

εγκυρότητα

validez

κύρος

Aussagekraft

validiteit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəˈlɪd.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

From valid + -ity, borrowed from Middle French validité, from Late Latin validitas.