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effectualness

effectualness

8.2
The ability to get the result you want
  • noun
  • /ɪˈfɛk.tʃu.əl.nəs/
translation icon : eficacia
  • The effectualness of the new policy became apparent after just a few weeks.

Examples

  • We measured the effectualness of the training program.

  • To evaluate the effectualness of the health campaign, we looked at the changes in the community's behavior.

  • Debates about the effectualness of alternative medicine have continued for years.

  • She questioned the effectualness of the strategy in solving the problem.

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

  • The effectualness of the new training techniques was evident in the employees' improved performance.

  • Many studies have investigated the effectualness of various teaching methods on student learning.

Synonyms

effectiveness
vseffectualness
140 3.5

The ability to make something work as planned

is the broader quality of producing a desired result
efficacy
vseffectualness
  • Formal
41 7.4

The ability to produce the wanted result

is the general quality of producing a desired result
effectivity
vseffectualness
8.2

Ability to produce the wanted result

is the overall capacity to cause a desired outcome
effectuality
vseffectualness
9.1

Ability to produce the wanted result

is a general quality rather than a named state
efficaciousness
vseffectualness
  • Formal
8.8

The ability of something to produce the result you want

is the more general everyday quality of producing results

Antonyms

Not able to produce the result you want

How Effective

potency
  • Specialized
13 6.3
efficacy
  • Formal
41 7.4
effectiveness
140 3.5
effectualness
8.2
usefulness
40 1.6
helpfulness
3 2.3

Surface Forms

effectualness singular

Morphology

effectualness = effectual (semi-transparent) = effectual + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'effectual' indicating the quality or state of being effectual.

Etymology

The word effectualness comes from effect ('a result') plus the ending -ness (which makes 'a quality'). It is like the word effective, so effectualness means the quality of actually producing the result you want.