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validity.

The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/vəˈlɪd.ɪ.ti//vəˈlɪd.ə.ti/[vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ti]General-American[vəˈlɪɾ.ɪ~ə.ɾi]General-American
  1. The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

    countable · uncountable
  2. State of having legal force.

    countable · uncountable
  3. 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).

    countable · uncountable
  4. The genuinity, as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity, of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.

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Where this word comes from

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

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