: the quality or state of being valid: such as
a
: the state of being acceptable according to the law
The validity of the contract is being questioned.
What the federal courts have ruled … is that renunciations made behind barbed wire were essentially under duress, and thus of no legal validity.—
Roger Daniels
b
: the quality of being well-grounded, sound, or correct
the validity of an argument/theory
Other researchers have questioned the validity of the test results.
Later he acknowledged that there was no validity to his report.—David Hiltbrand
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Despite the nature of the allegations and Tate’s history of making misogynistic statements, the news of Tate’s arrest has inspired a slew of defenders of the influencer, who have employed misinformation and conspiracy theories to question the validity of the charges brought against Tate.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2022
At times during his campaign, Morales questioned the validity of the 2020 election results and suggested implementing more guardrails on the process, including requiring every Hoosiers to attach a photo of their ID in order to request an absentee ballot and implementing more audits.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2022
And some countries, including popular European destinations, won’t accept passports that have fewer than six months of validity remaining.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
One email is not sufficient evidence of validity!
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
Committee chair James Comer and other Republicans asserted that the FBI advised senior Twitter executives to question the validity of any Hunter Biden story.
—Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
In a press conference on Feb. 1, following the meeting of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee, Fed chair Jerome Powell seemed convinced still of the validity of the Phillips curve.
—Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
That scenario sounds a little too good to be true, but, so far, there is a least a tinge of validity to it.
—WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
Whatever its validity, the water-waste argument seems to be a post-hoc defense.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
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circa 1577, in the meaning defined above
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adj. 1. Well grounded; just: a valid objection.
What does Vidity mean?
: the quality or state of being valid: such as. a : the state of being acceptable according to the law The validity of the contract is being questioned.
What is the other word of validity?
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for validity. believability, credibility, soundness.
What is a cogency?
noun. the quality or state of being convincing or persuasive: The cogency of the argument was irrefutable.
What is the opposite of the word valid?
valid. Antonyms: weak, invalid, powerless, unsound, unsubstantial, unavailable, inefficient, insufficient, inoperative, obsolete, effete, superseded, inconclusive.
30 related questions found
What is cogency in writing?
Academic writing requires writers to make claims and support them using evidence of one kind or another. When writers employ good reasoning, it is called «cogent.» As you will see, cogency refers to very specific traits of arguments.
What is cogency philosophy?
Similar to the concept of soundness for deductive arguments, a strong inductive argument with true premises is termed cogent. To say an argument is cogent is to say it is good, believable; there is good evidence that the conclusion is true. A weak argument cannot be cogent, nor can a strong one with a false premise(s).
What is a cogent example?
The definition of cogent is something that is convincing or believable. An example of cogent is the idea that climate change is caused by the actions of humans. adjective.
What is another word for validated?
Some common synonyms of validate are authenticate, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, and verify.
What is the synonyms of reliability and validity?
In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for reliability, like: trustworthiness, dependability, faithfulness, devotion, sincerity, safety, loyalty, fidelity, accuracy, reliabilty and integrity.
What does and valid mean?
1 : having legal efficacy or force especially : executed with the proper legal authority and formalities a valid contract. 2a : well-grounded or justifiable : being at once relevant and meaningful a valid theory. b : logically correct a valid argument valid inference.
What does validity refer to?
Validity refers to how accurately a method measures what it is intended to measure. If research has high validity, that means it produces results that correspond to real properties, characteristics, and variations in the physical or social world.
What is the best definition of validity?
Validity is the quality of being correct or true. When a statement is true and has a lot of evidence backing it up, this is an example of a situation where the evidence supports the validity of the statement. noun.
What is validity and example?
Validity refers to how well a test measures what it is purported to measure. … For a test to be reliable, it also needs to be valid. For example, if your scale is off by 5 lbs, it reads your weight every day with an excess of 5lbs.
What is the difference between validity and cogency?
As adjectives the difference between cogent and valid
is that cogent is reasonable and convincing; based on evidence while valid is well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
What is Uncogent argument?
A cogent argument is an inductive argument that is both strong and all of its premises are true. An uncogent argument is an inductive argument that is either weak or has at least one false premise.
What is the meaning of logic in philosophy?
Logic (from the Greek «logos», which has a variety of meanings including word, thought, idea, argument, account, reason or principle) is the study of reasoning, or the study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. It attempts to distinguish good reasoning from bad reasoning.
What are examples of reasoning?
For example, the premise «Every A is B» could be followed by another premise, «This C is A.» Those statements would lead to the conclusion «This C is B.» Syllogisms are considered a good way to test deductive reasoning to make sure the argument is valid. For example, «All men are mortal. Harold is a man.
What does soundness mean in English?
soundness noun [U] (GOOD CONDITION)
the fact of being in good condition. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Undamaged, unbroken or in good condition.
What is an argument example?
An argument by example (also known as argument from example) is an argument in which a claim is supported by providing examples. Most conclusions drawn in surveys and carefully controlled experiments are arguments by example and generalization.
What is the synonym valid?
Frequently Asked Questions About valid
Some common synonyms of valid are cogent, convincing, sound, and telling. While all these words mean «having such force as to compel serious attention and usually acceptance,» valid implies being supported by objective truth or generally accepted authority.
What invalid means?
noun. an infirm or sickly person. a person who is too sick or weak to care for himself or herself: My father was an invalid the last ten years of his life.
Other forms: validities
When you test something’s validity, you see if it holds true. Are these really the best chocolate chip cookies in the world? You might enjoy testing the validity of this statement.
The noun validity means genuine or authentic, but it also has a legal meaning: having legal force. Your family asked the judge to determine the validity of your grandfather’s will because they weren’t sure he was legally allowed to leave all his worldly goods to «the little green men from Mars.» Related words include the adjective «valid» and its antonym «invalid,» as well as the verb «validate.»
Definitions of validity
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noun
the quality of being valid and rigorous
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noun
the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
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noun
the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
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Validity is on the Academic Word List.
Contents
- 1 Pronunciation
- 2 Noun
- 2.1 Antonyms
- 2.2 Related words
Pronunciation[change]
- Hyphenation: va‧lid‧i‧ty
Noun[change]
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- (uncountable) The validity of a licence, ticket, document, etc. depends on whether it is official and acceptable.
- The validity of a passport depends on who carries it.
- (uncountable) The validity of evidence, a statement, a reason, etc. is the level to which it is true or reasonable.
- Due to the doubts about the validity of the evidence presented, the case cannot go forward.
- (uncountable) In testing, the validity of a test is the level to which it is tests what it is supposed to test.
- The validity of many IQ tests has been questioned.
- (countable) A validity is a quality of measurement that shows the degree by which the measurement reflects the thing beneath it.
Antonyms[change]
- invalidity
Related words[change]
- valid
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Categories:
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- Nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
Validity or Valid may refer to:
Science/mathematics/statistics:
- Validity (logic), a property of a logical argument
- Scientific:
- Internal validity, the validity of causal inferences within scientific studies, usually based on experiments
- External validity, the validity of generalized causal inferences in scientific studies, usually based on experiments
- Valid name (zoology), in animal taxonomy
- Validly published name, in plant taxonomy
- Validity (statistics), the application of the principles of statistics to arrive at valid conclusions
- Statistical conclusion validity, establishes the existence and strength of the co-variation between the cause and effect variables
- Test validity, validity in educational and psychological testing
- Face validity, the property of a test intended to measure something
- Construct validity, refers to whether a scale measures or correlates with the theorized psychological construct it measures
- Content validity, the extent to which a measure represents all facets of a given construct
- Concurrent validity, the extent to which a test correlates with another measure
- Predictive validity, the extent to which a score on a scale or test predicts scores on some other measure
- Discriminant validity, the degree to which results a test of one concept can be expected to differ from tests of other concepts that should not be correlated with this one
- Criterion validity, the extent to which a measure is related to an outcome
- Convergent validity, the degree to which multiple measures of the same construct lead to the same conclusion
Other:
- Valid (number format), a universal number format (unum type III)
- Valid (engraving company), a Brazilian company
- VALID (Video Audio Line-up & IDentification), part of the GLITS broadcast television protocol
- Validity and liceity (Catholic Church), concepts in the Catholic Church.
See alsoEdit
- All pages with titles containing Validity
- Validation (disambiguation)
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