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Antonyms for genuineness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jen-yoo-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛn yu ɪn


Definition of genuineness

Origin :
  • 1590s, "natural, not acquired," from Latin genuinus "native, natural," from root of gignere "beget" (see genus), perhaps influenced in form by contrasting adulterinus "spurious." [Alternative etymology is from Latin genu "knee," from a supposed ancient custom of a father acknowledging paternity of a newborn by placing it on his knee.] Meaning "really proceeding from its reputed source" is from 1660s. Related: Genuinely; genuineness.
  • noun authenticity
Example sentences :
  • The proprietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this offer.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • The genuineness of this fragment has been established beyond doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone
  • On the whole, more may be said in favour of the genuineness of the Hippias than against it.
  • Extract from : « Menexenus » by Plato
  • These palpable errors and absurdities are absolutely irreconcilable with their genuineness.
  • Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato
  • There was no mistaking the genuineness of the appeal, and Reg frankly gave him his hand.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • Nostromo had lost his peace; the genuineness of all his qualities was destroyed.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • There was no doubting the genuineness of the welcome that the Beni Ouafy gave their chief.
  • Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty
  • The antiquity and the genuineness of both types cannot be doubted.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • At least I have no doubt as to her sincerity, I mean as to the genuineness of this shock.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • The degree of it you cannot command; the genuineness of it you can—yes, and the depth of source also.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on Landscape » by John Ruskin

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