effectivity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Latin efficiō
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Latin effectīvuslbor.
French effectifder.
English effective
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.
Latin -itās
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English effectivity

    From effective + -ity.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈfek.tɪv.ə.t̬i/
      • Audio (General American):(file)

    Noun

    effectivity (countable and uncountable, plural effectivities)

    1. (uncountable) The ability or power to be effective.
      • 2016, Dexu Zhang, “Representational Ethics: The Mimic Men and the Mimic Men”, in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, volume 57, number 1, →DOI, page 31:
        "The extent to which the colonial people are unable to be reasonably aware of their own history and present conditions testifies to the effect and effectivity of colonial stereotype."
    2. (countable) A measure of the effectiveness of something.
    3. (countable) [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective.

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