germaneness
Quality of pertinence
Germaneness is the quality of being germane—relevant and closely connected to the matter at hand.
The word appears most often in formal or legal contexts: The judge ruled on the germaneness of the testimony.
In parliamentary procedure, a germaneness requirement restricts amendments to topics related to the original bill.
Quality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- relatednessState of being connected
- bearingPosture or orientation
- materialityState of being consequential
appropriateness · significance · concernment · pertinency · relevancy · on-topic · admissibility · importance
Connected system of parts
- associationGroup with shared aim
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- relationshipConnection between entities
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
bond · nexus · interrelation · correlation · bearing · reference · interdependence · kinship
State of being apt
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- aptnessQuality of being suitable
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- congruityState of being compatible
compatibility · accordance · fitness · rightness · appositeness · seemliness · decorum · correctness
pertinence
Quality of being applicable
- applicabilityDegree of fitness
- relatednessState of being connected
- bearingPosture or orientation
materiality · appropriateness · significance · concernment · pertinency · relevancy · on-topic · admissibility · importance · salience
linkage
Connected system of parts
- associationGroup with shared aim
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- relationshipConnection between entities
tie · bond · nexus · interrelation · correlation · bearing · reference · interdependence · kinship · relatedness
suitability
State of being apt
- appropriatenessQuality of being suitable
- aptnessQuality of being suitable
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
congruity · compatibility · accordance · fitness · rightness · appositeness · seemliness · decorum · correctness · properness
- Congressional Proceduredebate rules, voting procedures, cloture, filibuster, roll call
- legislative procedurefilibuster, cloture, amendment, roll call vote, voice vote
- Senate Floorfilibuster, cloture, roll call vote, unanimous consent, presiding officer
- significancesignificance, meaning, importance, relevance, value
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, state legislature, legislators
germanenessirrelevance
Lack of pertinence
irrelevancy · impertinence · tangentiality · inapplicability · immateriality
germanenessinappropriateness
Lack of suitability
unsuitability · unfitness · inapplicability · incongruity · irrelevance