genuine concern

collocation in English

meaningsofgenuineandconcern

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genuine
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/us
/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears ...
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/us
/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofgenuineandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgenuine concern

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In those interviews, police officers are shown to present a caring attitude and agenuineconcernabout the comfort of a child being interviewed.
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Recent theoretical, methodological and empirical advances reveal a rich, rigorous knowledge base aboutgenuineconcernfor the well-being of others.
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This possibility raises agenuineconcernespecially when one considers the offline nature of the task, which gives participants enough time for the translation process.
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This is agenuineconcern, but several responses can be offered.
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Ourgenuineconcernfor patients is augmented by stereotyped responses and gestures that patients expect when discussing difficult subjects.
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Agenuineconcernfor the child's well-being should always be the guiding principle, which will usually bring in its wake high-quality, meaningful and detailed data.
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These measures could be interpreted as agenuineconcernfor the improvement of women's place in society.
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Apprehension over social stability and productivity and the wartime siege mentality that their own language evokes should not cause us to overlook arsenal leaders'genuineconcernover their workers' welfare.
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His detailed descriptions of the inner workings of the consistory, for instance, reveal apparentlygenuineconcernabout domestic stability and a generally consistent judiciousness and restraint in achieving the same.
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We both agreed that our vision needed to be strongly focused on the young people we were working with, and needed to be driven by ourgenuineconcernfor them.
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Whether as a sop, or out ofgenuineconcern, the government did respond.
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Dispersal, then, had more to do with ensuring that refugees did not fracture the fragile crust of order than anygenuineconcernto rehabilitate them.
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Action based on it could be described as selfinterested, but only if the agent's interests have come to include agenuineconcernfor the well-being of others.
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Does he agree that those who had agenuineconcernabout animal welfare should be satisfied that their voices have been heard and acted upon?
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I realise that there is a judgment to be made in such issues—there often is—but there isgenuineconcernamong many people.
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There is thereforegenuineconcernabout the changes, which could have a great impact.
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I give him credit for hisgenuineconcernand for seeking, in his view, to make the test fairer and safer.
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It is only right and proper to put on record thegenuineconcernfelt by some universities that the 40-day period is too short.
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He has a deep andgenuineconcernto produce the best possible housing for his constituents.
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Running through all the speeches in this debate, there has been a verygenuineconcernabout the position of the small farmer.
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