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noun
The quality of being genuine; authenticity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: genuinity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
undisputed credibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: authenticity, legitimacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: credibility, credibleness, believability
Narrower terms: real McCoy, real thing, real stuff
noun
the state of being genuine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: spuriousness
Broader terms: actuality
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -ūs Latin genuīnusbor. English genuine Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English genuineness From genuine + -ness.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
