Efficacy synonyms

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effectiveness
The property of being effective, of achieving results.
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potency
Inherent capacity for growth and development; potentiality.
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ability (related)
(Countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
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productiveness
The state of being productive.
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effectuality
The state or condition of being effectual.
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efficiency (related)
The ratio of the energy delivered by a machine to the energy supplied for its operation.
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inefficacy (antonym)
The condition of being ineffective
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impotency (antonym)
Dated form of impotence.
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efficaciousness
Quality of being efficacious.
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affect (related)
(Psychol.) An emotion or feeling attached to an idea, object, etc.
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usefulness (related)
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acceptability (related)
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advantage
Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
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effect
(Cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
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effectualness
The state or condition of being effectual.
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unproductiveness (antonym)
The characteristic of being unproductive; lack of productiveness.
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influence
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
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tolerability (related)
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cost-effectiveness (related)
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validity (related)
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bioavailability (related)
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allergenicity (related)
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pharmacokinetics (related)
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uselessness (antonym)
The quality of being useless
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weakness (antonym)
(Countable) An inadequate quality; fault
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failure (antonym)
The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
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inefficiency (antonym)
An inefficient act, design, or procedure:
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immunogenicity (related)
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toxicity (related)
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Efficacy Sentence Examples

  • (8) They pray for spiritual welfare and believe in the efficacy of such prayers.

  • He was a firm believer in the efficacy of culture.

  • When its efficacy was not eternal, its effect was considered to endure for twenty years.

  • Just as the Mosaic dispensation came to an end with the appearance of Christ, so the sacraments of the new dispensation have lost their meaning and efficacy since the incarnation of God as Holy Spirit in the Amalricans.

  • Thus he allowed the necessity of good works to salvation, but not in the old sense; proposed to allow the seven sacraments, but only as rites which had no inherent efficacy to salvation, and so on.

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