potency

/ˈpoʊtənsi/

意味: 力、効能

例文: The tea’s potency kept everyone awake.
　　  お茶の効能で全員が目覚めたままだった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: drug potency(薬の効力), potency level(効力レベル), sexual potency(性的能力)

定義: 効力や力の強さを指します。特に薬や化学物質の効果の強さ、または人の性的能力について使われます。

potencyは約500,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the power or right to give orders or make decisions
Noun: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
Noun: the inherent capacity for coming into being
Noun: the state of being potent; a male’s capacity to have sexual intercourse

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The medicine’s potency decreased after being exposed to heat.(薬の効力は熱にさらされて低下した。)
She questioned the potency of the new vaccine.(彼女は新しいワクチンの効果を疑った。)
Potency in leadership often comes from clear communication.(リーダーシップの力は明確な伝達から生まれることが多い。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he has the authority to issue warrants
Noun: deputies are given authorization to make arrests
Noun: a place of potency in the state
Noun: the toxin’s potency
Noun: the strength of the drinks

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): authorisation, authority, authorization, dominance, effectiveness, potence, potency, potential, potentiality, say-so, strength

Antonyms(反意語): impotence, impotency

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): control, physical condition, possibility, power

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abnormality, acathexia, achievability, addiction, agalactia, amyxia, analgesia, anesthesia, anestrus, angiotelectasia, anhidrosis, arousal, asphyxia, authority, bloodiness, cellularity, cold sweat, conceivableness, control, corporatism, cryptobiosis, dilatation, disorder, disposal, drive, effectiveness, elastosis, emmetropia, estrus, false pregnancy, fertility, flatulence, flexure, free will, good health, hold, hypercapnia, hyperpigmentation, hyperthermia, hypocapnia, hypopigmentation, hypothermia, incompatibility, influence, interest, iron fist, irresistibility, legal power, muscularity, myasthenia, normothermia, obstruction, oligospermia, opportunity, oxygen debt, pathological state, persuasiveness, poisoning, potency, potential, pregnancy, preponderance, puissance, rein, repellent, rigor mortis, sedation, sleep, sterility, stranglehold, suspended animation, sway, torpor, valence, veto, vitalization, wakefulness

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): carte blanche, command, imperium, latency, lordship, muscle, power of appointment, prospect, sovereignty

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: dominate, potent, potential

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive