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GERMANENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does germaneness mean? 

GERMANENESS (noun)
  The noun GERMANENESS has 1 sense:

1. pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at handplay

  Familiarity information: GERMANENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GERMANENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("germaneness" is a kind of...):

applicability; pertinence; pertinency (relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand)

Derivation:

germane (relevant and appropriate)


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