genuineness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Proto-Italic *genos
Latin genus
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Italic *-os
Archaic Latin -os
Latin -ūs
Latin genuīnusbor.
English genuine
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.
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.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.njuː.ɪn.(n)əs/, /ˈd͡ʒɛ.njuː.ɪn.(n)ɪs/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nju.ɪn.(n)əs/, /ˈd͡ʒɛ.nju.ɪn.(n)ɪs/
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    Noun

    genuineness (countable and uncountable, plural genuinenesses)

    1. The quality of being genuine; authenticity.
      Synonym: genuinity
      • 1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados:
        […] for although his host was wonderfully expert in the face of his misfortune, it was inconceivable that he could decide the genuineness of a coin without seeing it.
      • 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1085:
        Together these feelings may adversely affect the genuineness of the feedback.

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