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GERMANENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does germaneness mean?
• GERMANENESS (noun)
The noun GERMANENESS has 1 sense:
1. pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
Familiarity information: GERMANENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("germaneness" is a kind of...):
applicability; pertinence; pertinency (relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand)
Derivation:
germane (relevant and appropriate)
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