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GENUINENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undisputed credibility
Synonyms:
authenticity; genuineness; legitimacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("genuineness" is a kind of...):
believability; credibility; credibleness (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genuineness"):
real McCoy; real stuff; real thing (informal usage attributing authenticity)
Derivation:
genuine (not fake or counterfeit)
genuine (not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being genuine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("genuineness" is a kind of...):
actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)
Antonym:
spuriousness (state of lacking genuineness)
Derivation:
genuine (being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something)
