genuineness

noun

Definition of genuinenessnext
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as in truth

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as in sincerity

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Recent Examples of genuineness His obituary remembered his infectious laughter and gentle spirit, noting his kindness, genuineness, and reliability. — Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 19 June 2026 The genuineness of your laugh or smile. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 But plenty praise Liu, too, for her free spirit and genuineness — sometimes with a subtle nod to her father's role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests that landed him in the United States. — ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026 Instead of witty repartee or slick delivery, expect genuineness, a generosity of spirit, and a feeling of being nurtured and taken care of. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026 In a sport obsessed with flawlessness, Glenn appealed with genuineness. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Widely listened to for decades, his staying power comes from his plainspoken nature, genuineness and relatability as much as his determination and hard work. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genuineness
  1. truth
  2. sincerity
  3. authenticity
  4. frankness
  5. straightforwardness
  6. openness
  7. candor
  8. ingenuousness
Noun
  • Casting Bill Burr — the stand-up, who in recent years has repeatedly gone viral for speaking hard truths right to people’s face with all the bluntness of his blue-collar Boston roots — was a whole other layer of wish fulfillment for Sorkin.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … JONATHAN TURLEY — France's free speech crackdown shows what happens when politicians define truth.
    — , FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of truth
Noun
  • Still, the sincerity matters, and so does the achievement of realizing something this strange with such conviction.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After many fans online questioned the sincerity of Art of Play’s statement, Clarkson herself stepped back into the fray.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • While the future is never certain, the balance between experimentation and authenticity at Estée Lauder — and among its consumers — is a constant.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Guilfoyle's attorney disputed the messages' authenticity to the Wall Street Journal, but did not provide specifics.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of authenticity
Noun
  • The novel, published in 1988, foreshadowed the career to come by taking on, with disarming frankness, everything from child abuse to transracial adoption.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Horgan, whose Catastrophe charted the ups and downs of a relationship with painful, hilarious honesty, applies the same frankness to the minor indignities of midlife.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of frankness
Noun
  • Their impressiveness came from their straightforwardness, their precision and generosity of flavor, without needless curlicues or misguided deconstruction.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • What is genuinely remarkable, though, is that this meteoric machine drives with the straightforwardness of a Toyota Camry.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of straightforwardness
Noun
  • That openness is the best thing about Cooked, a record that summons electric Miles and Popol Vuh and the Necks but mostly explores endless emotional ambiguity, offering a reminder that very few sensations are ever pure.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Over the years, my spatial disorientation, my openness, has come at this cost too.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of openness
Noun
  • Her writing carries a distinctly evolved candor, which is saying something for someone as willfully exposed as Chinouriri.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For all of Vollmann’s willingness to explore, his candor has limits.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of candor
Noun
  • A certain ingenuousness, an earnest impatience with the world’s many injustices, is a hallmark of Barbara Kingsolver’s novels.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • What was once a poignant effort to extend a state of ingenuousness is now tainted from the start.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of ingenuousness

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“Genuineness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genuineness. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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