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Synonyms
edge, effectiveness, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficiency, productiveness
Antonyms
ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficiency
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Middle English efficacite, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French efficacité, borrowed from Latin efficācitāt-, efficācitās, from efficāc-, efficāx "capable of fulfilling a function, efficacious" + -itāt-, -itās -ity
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