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Genuine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Genuine? [adj] not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather" [adj] not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief" [adj] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Genuine: actual \| attested \| authentic \| authenticated \| bona fide \| documented \| echt \| good \| honest-to-god \| honest-to-goodness \| literal \| old(a) \| real \| sure-enough(a) \| true \| true(a) \| unfeigned \| unquestionable \| veritable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Genuine: aboveboard \| absolute \| actual \| arcadian \| artless \| authentic \| bluff \| blunt \| bona fide \| broad \| brusque \| bucolic \| candid \| card-carrying \| de facto \| dinkum \| direct \| downright \| earnest \| explicit \| factual \| fair and square \| following the letter \| for real \| forthright \| foursquare \| frank \| frankhearted \| free \| free-speaking \| free-spoken \| free-tongued \| good \| good-faith \| heart-to-heart \| historical \| homespun \| honest \| honest-to-God \| inartificial \| ingenuous \| lawful \| legitimate \| lifelike \| literal \| native \| natural \| naturalistic \| naturelike \| on the level \| on the square \| on the up-and-up \| open \| open and aboveboard \| openhearted \| original \| outspoken \| pastoral \| plain \| plain-spoken \| positive \| proper \| pukka \| pure \| real \| realistic \| rightful \| round \| rural \| simon-pure \| simple \| sincere \| single-hearted \| square \| square-dealing \| square-shooting \| sterling \| straight \| straightforward \| straight-out \| straight-shooting \| substantial \| sure-enough \| transparent \| true \| true to life \| true to nature \| true to reality \| unadorned \| unadulterated \| unaffected \| unartificial \| unassumed \| unassuming \| unchecked \| uncolored \| unconcocted \| unconstrained \| uncopied \| uncounterfeited \| undeniable \| undesigning \| undisguised \| undisguising \| undissembling \| undissimulating \| undistorted \| unembellished \| unequivocal \| unexaggerated \| unfabricated \| unfanciful \| unfeigned \| unfeigning \| unfictitious \| unflattering \| unguarded \| unimagined \| unimitated \| uninvented \| unpretended \| unpretending \| unpretentious \| unqualified \| unreserved \| unrestrained \| unromantic \| unsimulated \| unspecious \| unspoiled \| unsynthetic \| unvarnished \| up-and-up \| verbal \| verbatim \| veridical \| verisimilar \| veritable \| word-for-word See Also \| existent \| honest \| honorable \| sincere Genuine In Webster's Dictionary \Gen"uine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See {Gender}.] Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. ``True, genuine night.'' --Dryden. Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See {Authentic}. -- {Gen"uinely}, adv. -- {Gen"uine*ness}, n. The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. --Macaulay.

Genuine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Genuine?

[adj] not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
[adj] not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
[adj] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"

See Also | existent | honest | honorable | sincere

Genuine In Webster's Dictionary

\Gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to
beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See
{Gender}.]
Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native;
hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated;
authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a
genuine production; genuine materials. ``True, genuine
night.'' --Dryden.

Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated.
     See {Authentic}. -- {Gen"u*ine*ly}, adv. --
     {Gen"u*ine*ness}, n.

           The evidence, both internal and external, against
           the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.
                                               --Macaulay.

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