Meanings
nounvalidity (countable and uncountable, plural validities)
plural validities
- countableuncountableThe state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
As we saw, there are strong suggestions in Marx's works that truth should be understood as meaning 'validity' in relation to human needs.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 156Synonyms: validness
- countableuncountableA 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).
- countableuncountableChristianityThe genuinity, as distinguished from the efficacity or the regularity, of a sacrament as a result of some formal dispositions being fulfilled.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being valid and rigorous
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinvaliditas
- Middle Frenchvalidité
- Englishvalidity
From valid + -ity, borrowed from Middle French validité, from Late Latin validitas.
More words from Middle French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَلَاحِيَّة, قَانُونِيَّة
- صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- قَانُونِيَّة (qānūniyya)having legal force
- مَشْرُوعِيَّة (mašrūʕiyya)having legal force
- صَلَاحِيَّة (ṣalāḥiyya)quality of a measurement
Bulgarian валидност, законност
- валидност (validnost)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- законност (zakonnost)having legal force
Catalan validesa, validitat
- validesathe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- validitatthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Dutch geldigheid
- geldigheidthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Esperanto valideco
- validecothe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Finnish kelpoisuus, aitous
- kelpoisuusthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- aitousthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- alkuperäisyysthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- sitovuushaving legal force
- laillisuushaving legal force
- voimassaolohaving legal force
- validiteettiquality of a measurement
French validité
- validitéthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
German Gültigkeit
- Gültigkeitthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Greek εγκυρότητα
- εγκυρότητα (egkyrótita)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Hindi वैधता, मान्यता
- वैधता (vaidhtā)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- मान्यता (mānyatā)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Hungarian érvényesség, érvényesség
- érvényességthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- érvényességhaving legal force
Indonesian kesahan, kesahan
- kesahanthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- kesahanhaving legal force
- kesahihanquality of a measurement
- validitasquality of a measurement
Irish bailíocht
- bailíochtthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Italian validità
- validitàthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Japanese 妥当性
- 妥当性 (datousei)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Malay kesahan, keesahan
- kesahanquality of a measurement
- keesahanquality of a measurement
Norwegian gyldighet, rettsgyldighet
- gyldighetthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- rettsgyldighethaving legal force
- holdbarhetquality of a measurement
Persian اعتبار
- اعتبار (e'tebâr)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Polish aktualność
- aktualnośćhaving legal force
Portuguese validez, validade
- validezthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- validadethe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- validadehaving legal force
Romanian validitate, valabilitate
- validitatethe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- valabilitatehaving legal force
- validitatehaving legal force
Russian де́йствительность, го́дность
- де́йствительность (déjstvitelʹnostʹ)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- го́дность (gódnostʹ)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- срок де́йствия (srok déjstvija)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Spanish validez
- validezthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Tagalog pagkamay-bisa
- pagkamay-bisathe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Turkish geçerlilik, geçerlik
- geçerlilikthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- geçerlikthe state of being valid, authentic or genuine
- meşrulukhaving legal force
- meşruiyethaving legal force
Ukrainian ві́рність
- ві́рність (vírnistʹ)the state of being valid, authentic or genuine
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with validity
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “validity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/validity.
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