单词 | genuineness |
释义 | genuinenessn. 1. The quality or fact of being genuine or what it is represented to be, reality, trueness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > true character, genuineness sincerity1611 reality1645 genuineness1647 originality1648 naturalness1656 undissembledness1681 legitimacy1695 genuinity1894 1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 414 The fitnesse and genuinenesse of the Hypothesis it self. 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours iii. xxxvi. 282 It not being Essential to the Genuineness of a Colour to be Durable. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. xii. 31 The greatest Indication of the Genuiness of it [Juice], is the curdling of it. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. x. 193 Truth, and..Integrity, carry along with them a peculiar Consciousness of their own Genuineness. 1817 J. Bentham Parl. Reform Catech. (1818) 25 To secure genuineness, to prevent spuriousness. 1881 W. G. Palgrave in Macmillan's Mag. 45 22 A whole company of learned monks..thoroughly qualified to pronounce authoritatively on the genuineness of the prodigy. 2. esp. The quality of being what it professes to be in origin or authorship; = authenticity n. 3a.See genuine adj.1 3, and the note there. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [noun] > authenticity > in origin or authorship authenticalness1632 legitimation1635 sincerity1678 genuineness1699 authenticity1720 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) vi. 82 The full Testimony that they [the Books of the New Testament] give to the Books of the Old Testament, does sufficiently prove their [sc. the latter's] Authority and Genuineness. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 12 Jan. (O.H.S.) I. 161 Ye Genuiness of ye Fragment. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 111 The Genuineness of these Remains. 1752 C. Talbot Let. 17 Dec. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 317 Madame de Maintenon's letters..have all marks of genuineness, but no vouchers. 1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible ix. 334 The genuineness of Paul's Epistles proves their authenticity. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xiii. 426 The age and genuineness of the document must first be proved. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 559 Two charters..of very doubtful genuineness. 3. Of persons, character, sentiments, etc.: Honesty, freedom from affectation or hypocrisy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] heartliness1435 singleness1526 fidelity1534 unfeignedness1535 sincereness1537 uprightness1541 integrity1548 entireness1549 sincerity1557 reality1616 realty1619 single-heartedness1642 plain-heartedness1647 single-mindedness1833 genuineness1841 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 106 One would say the primary character of the Koran is this of its genuineness, of its being a bonâ-fide book. 1853 C. Dickens Let. 12 Sept. (1993) VIII. 145 I was greatly pleased with his genuineness altogether. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647 |
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