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relevancy

Other forms: relevancies

Definitions of relevancy
  1. noun
    the relation of something to the matter at hand
    synonyms: relevance
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    types:
    materiality
    relevance requiring careful consideration
    cogency
    persuasive relevance
    point
    a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
    applicability, pertinence, pertinency
    relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
    germaneness
    pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
    type of:
    connectedness, connection, connexion
    a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
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