genuineness
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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.
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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.
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Genuineness isn’t something that people can fake very well or very easily.
From The Verge • May 21, 2020
I say next to nothing, for example, about the Authenticity and Genuineness of the Epistle.
From Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)
Considered as a Proof of its Genuineness, with an Appendix on the Oldest Authorities used in the Formation of the Canon.
From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Molesworth, Mrs.
Genuineness is a quality which we sometimes mean to include when we speak of individuality.
From On Being Human by Wilson, Woodrow
On the division of Israel into thousands, hundreds, etc.—a division which existed before the time of Moses—compare what has been advanced in my Dissertations on the Genuineness of the Pentateuch, ii. p.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
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