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EFFICACIOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capacity or power to produce a desired effect
Example:
concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine
Synonyms:
efficaciousness; efficacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("efficaciousness" is a kind of...):
effectiveness; effectivity; effectuality; effectualness (power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect)
Attribute:
efficacious (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect)
inefficacious (lacking the power to produce a desired effect)
Derivation:
efficacious (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)
efficacious (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect)
