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Voltaire was arguing against a certain illusory, happy resignation, which he believed one must overcome, for why else would we need to cultivate our gardens?Existentialism offers a genuineness that might easily be mistaken for ennui by the uninitiated, but in reality goes deeper than that.
The genuineness and the value of Popov's successful experiments are not seriously doubted, but Marconi's priority is usually conceded.
Those who radiate this genuineness are called great (da).
The public also reacted well to Reagan's personality, in particular to his apparent genuineness , affability, and self-deprecating sense of humour.
Only the Magdeburg Centuriators, authors of the Centuries, a 16th-century Lutheran church history, denied the genuineness of all the decretals of pseudo-Isidore; the lack of authenticity of the other three works was discovered later.
I'm not one for magical realism, but for a soap whose stock in trade is meat-and-potatoes genuineness , there was room at such a moment for the return of a spectral Vera, chiding Jack for looking slovenly and giving him a nudge if he was to catch the next bus ("It'll be here in 12 minutes"), then giving him his last waltz off to heaven.
He was satisfied that some of them were so motivated by the genuineness of their individual beliefs and concerns that they were displaying "the kind of arrogance" which they believed put them above the law.
The village and its lore are still the world's centre, the beginning and the end of truth, and everything that comes from outside is rung on the local stones before its genuineness can even be considered.
It retained the genuineness that had made Jack Kerouac declare, years before, after being introduced to the very young diarist: "At thirteen years of age, Jim Carroll writes better prose than 89 percent of the novelists working today".
Also, I'd like to note that, as cynical as we in the media can be about big industries like publishing and television, and as deserving of cynicism as the crasser (financial) motivations of those industries may be, there is a genuineness at the heart of this particular venture that salvages it.
Despite the fame and status he had acquired, there was genuineness and spontaneity in the way that Uighurs interacted with him: they grabbed him, hugged him, cried, laughed, and engaged him in rapid Uighur conversation.
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The primary grammatical function of "genuineness " is as a noun , representing the quality or state of being genuine. Ludwig indicates the word is correct and usable in written English. Examples show it functioning as a subject, object, or complement within a sentence.
Expression frequency: Very common
