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genuineness

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gen·u·ine  (jny-n)
adj.
1. Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character: genuine leather.
2. Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic. See Synonyms at authentic.
3.
a. Honestly felt or experienced: genuine devotion.
b. Actual; real: a genuine dilemma.
4. Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere.
5. Being of pure or original stock: a genuine Hawaiian.
[Latin genunus, natural, possibly from alteration of ingenuus, native, freeborn; see ingenuous.]
genu·ine·ly adv.
genu·ine·ness n.
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Noun1.genuineness - the state of being genuine
actuality - the state of actually existing objectively; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality"
spuriousness - state of lacking genuineness
2.genuineness - undisputed credibility
authenticity, legitimacy
believability, credibility, credibleness - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
real McCoy, real stuff, real thing - informal usage attributing authenticity
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