Associations to the word «Validity»

Wiktionary

VALIDITY, noun. The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.
VALIDITY, noun. Having legal force.
VALIDITY, noun. A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

Dictionary definition

VALIDITY, noun. The quality of being valid and rigorous.
VALIDITY, noun. The quality of having legal force or effectiveness.
VALIDITY, noun. The property of being strong and healthy in constitution.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky