"representativity" meaning in English

See representativity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: representativities [plural]
Etymology: From representative + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|representative|ity}} representative + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} representativity (usually uncountable, plural representativities)
  1. The quality of being representative. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: representativeness Derived forms: nonrepresentativity Translations (quality of being representative): representativiteit [feminine] (Dutch), edustavuus (Finnish), représentativité [feminine] (French), Repräsentativität [feminine] (German), rappresentatività [feminine] (Italian), representatividade [feminine] (Portuguese), reprezentativitate [feminine] (Romanian), representatividad [feminine] (Spanish)

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