noun. The property of being germane.

noun. pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand

"And even if a professor's speech is not precisely within the topic of the class, my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, has long argued that academic freedom doesn't mean very much if it fails to provide some breathing room around the "germaneness" requirement."

applicability  pertinence  pertinency  

genuineness  grandness