Genuine definition

Genuine

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WordNet

(1) Not fake or counterfeit

"A genuine Picasso"

"Genuine leather"

(2) Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

"Genuine emotion"

"Her interest in people was unfeigned"

"True grief"

(3) 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"

WiktionaryText

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Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials