: the state of being acceptable according to the law
The validity of the contract is being questioned.
What the federal courts have ruled … is that renunciations made behind barbed wire were essentially under duress, and thus of no legal validity. Roger Daniels
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: the quality of being well-grounded, sound, or correct
the validity of an argument/theory
Other researchers have questioned the validity of the test results.
Later he acknowledged that there was no validity to his report. David Hiltbrand
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Recent Examples on the WebAnti-war protesters had been active for a while, but now mainstream Americans began to question the validity of U.S. military involvement.San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022 On the calls, Tubbs laughs off her sentence and uses derogatory terms for transgender people, which led Gascón to question the validity of her gender identity. James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 The paperwork then seems to question the validity of the former couple’s prenuptial agreement. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2022 But prominent doctors, in a flurry of recent opinion essays and news appearances, have begun to question the validity of requiring students to wear masks as virus cases rapidly decline across the country.New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022 Trussell also has used her social media platform to liken Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and question the validity of health care professionals calling for vaccinations to deal with the pandemic. Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2021 By subpoenaing Clark, the House committee is zeroing in on how uncovering efforts to challenge, overturn and question the validity of the 2020 presidential election. Ryan Nobles, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021 Pitched partisan battles over the maps are expected, but some have already seized upon allegations independent commissioners Anthony Eid and Szetela are actually Democrats to question the validity of the process. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021 Again, there are plenty of reasons to question the validity of the information in the list above. Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VALIDITY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great極大的效力▸➤equal同樣合理◇Don't you think that both views have equal validity?難道你不認為這兩種觀點同樣都是合理的嗎?➤doubtful, dubious, questionable令人懷疑的/不可靠的/可疑的合法性▸➤face表面的合理◇The theory has the face validity of being consistent with recent findings.這一理論與最新的研究結果相一致,表面上是合理的。➤legal, scientific, statistical法律效力;科學上的合理性;統計上的合理性◇The legal validity of the claims has been challenged.這些索賠的合法性受到質疑。VERB + VALIDITY➤have具有效力▸➤give sth, lend sth使⋯具有效力;賦予⋯正確性◇His reputation lends a certain validity to the approach that it might not deserve.他的名望賦予這一方法某種其本身可能並不具備的可信性。➤assess, check, determine, establish, evaluate, investigate, test評估/檢查/決定/確立/評價/調查/檢驗有效性◇to assess the scientific validity of new treatments評估新療法的科學效用➤confirm, uphold確認/維持合法性◇The judges upheld the validity of the previous judgement.法官維持了原判。➤accept, acknowledge, recognize接受/承認/認可正確性➤demonstrate, prove, show表明正確性;證明正確性▸➤cast doubt on, challenge, deny, doubt, question, undermine懷疑正確性;質疑真實性;否認有效性;損害有效性PREPOSITION➤of... validity具⋯的正確性◇The results are of doubtful validity.這些結果的正確性值得懷疑。➤validity for在⋯方面的正確性◇the theory's validity for parent-child relationships這一理論在親子關係方面的正確性