GENUINENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genuineness mean? 

• GENUINENESS (noun)
  The noun GENUINENESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being genuine

2. undisputed credibility

  Familiarity information: GENUINENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUINENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undisputed credibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

authenticity; genuineness; legitimacy

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)