validity

noun

Meaning

The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
State of having legal force.
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).

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Related words

validness(English)cogency(English)rigor(English)rigour(English)validation(English)validate(English)legitimacy(English)advisability(English)predictive(English)reliability(English)passport(English)questioned(English)

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