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effectuality

effectuality

9.1
Ability to produce the wanted result
  • noun
  • /ɪˌfɛk.tʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
translation icon : eficacia
  • The effectuality of the new policy will be assessed after six months of implementation.

Examples

  • Questions were raised about the effectuality of the treatment during clinical trials.

  • Can you measure the effectuality of this training program?

  • Scholars debate the effectuality of economic sanctions in influencing international behavior.

  • The effectuality of the new policy is still under review.

  • Scholars debate the effectuality of economic sanctions in influencing international behavior.

  • Questions were raised about the effectuality of the treatment during clinical trials.

  • The effectuality of the new policy will be assessed after six months of implementation.

Synonyms

effectiveness
vseffectuality
140 3.5

The ability to make something work as planned

highlights the underlying quality behind that ability rather than the act
efficacy
vseffectuality
  • Formal
41 7.4

The ability to produce the wanted result

emphasizes the lasting quality or power behind that ability
effectualness
vseffectuality
8.2

The ability to get the result you want

is broader, also emphasizing having the power to produce results
effectivity
vseffectuality
8.2

Ability to produce the wanted result

focuses more on the general quality than on power alone
efficaciousness
vseffectuality
  • Formal
8.8

The ability of something to produce the result you want

places slightly more stress on quality as a state than ability

Antonyms

ineffectiveness
6 5.4

Not able to produce the result you want

How Effective

potency
  • Specialized
13 6.3
efficacy
  • Formal
41 7.4
effectuality
9.1
usefulness
40 1.6
helpfulness
3 2.3

Surface Forms

effectuality singular
effectualities plural

Morphology

effectuality = effectual (transparent) = effect + ual + ity

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'effectual' with the suffix '-ity' to indicate the quality or state.

Etymology

The word effectuality comes from effect, which has Latin parts ex- ('out') and facere ('to make'). Think of the same root in factory and manufacture: it gives the idea of 'making' or 'bringing about', so effectuality is the quality of actually producing the result you want.