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genuineness

[ jen-yoo-in-nis ]

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noun

the quality of being true, authentic, or valid:
The genuineness of these original manuscripts is undeniable.
There is an issue concerning the genuineness of the defendant's signature.
the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, or affectation; sincerity:
There was a genuineness about him which most people recognized, and which endeared him to them.

Cyrus somehow escaped the showbiz trap of manufactured personality and preserved a genuineness that is very hard to fake.

I think there is a genuineness and lack of calculation with them both.

As the payee was induced to take the note on A's statement of its genuineness, he could not escape payment.

The paper was of such a nature that I immediately began an investigation as to its genuineness.

The payee, a respectable merchant of Richmond, presented it in person, and there was no doubt of its genuineness.

This is in accordance with the language of Aristides, and indeed is the only view consistent with a belief in their genuineness.

I need not repeat what is said by Dr. Wessely and M. Ruelle in defence of the genuineness of our fragment.

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