Origin: Germanic
Old English suffix
Trueness has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
conformity to reality or actuality
"they debated the truth of the proposition"
"the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"
"he was famous for the truth of his portraits"
"he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
2
the quality of being loyal
3
exactness of adjustment
"I marveled at the trueness of his aim"
4
The characteristic of being true.
Example Sentences
"they debated the truth of the proposition"
noun
"the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"
noun
"he was famous for the truth of his portraits"
noun
"he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"
noun
"I marveled at the trueness of his aim"
noun
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Narrower Terms (hyponyms)