Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Actually possessing the alleged or apparent attribute or character.
- adjective Not spurious or counterfeit; authentic: synonym: authentic.
- adjective Honestly felt or experienced.
- adjective Actual; real.
- adjective Free from hypocrisy or dishonesty; sincere.
- adjective Being of pure or original stock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the original stock; corresponding to an original type or source; hence, not spurious, false, or adulterated; not of a deceptive or affected character; true; real; sincere: applied to both persons and things: as, genuine descendants; genuine materials; a genuine text; a genuine man.
- In zoology, typical; conformable to type; not aberrant: as, the genuine isopods. See
Euisopoda .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Belonging to, orproceeding from the originalstock ;native ; hence, notcounterfeit ,spurious , false, oradulterated ;authentic ;real ;natural ;true ;pure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
- adjective being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- adjective not fake or counterfeit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This is why we prefer the term genuine to authentic--it allows for many interpretations while still remaining true to tradition.
Kurt Michael Friese: Chasing Chiles: Xnipec - A Touch of the Dogs Nose Kurt Michael Friese 2011
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A few posts ago I asked what I called a genuine question about Islam's view on heroin, given the fact that the poppy is a staple crop in Afghanistan.
A Genuine Answer Bystander 2008
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Weber himself not only a great writer, but he's just a great guy, in fact his whole family are what I call genuine people.
Calling Your Attention to a Cool Book! Zillabob 2008
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Weber himself not only a great writer, but he's just a great guy, in fact his whole family are what I call genuine people.
Archive 2008-09-01 Zillabob 2008
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The Dalai Lama has said since 1979 that he has stepped back from the demand of independence and that he wants for the Tibetan people what they call genuine autonomy.
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A few posts ago I asked what I called a genuine question about Islam's view on heroin, given the fact that the poppy is a staple crop in Afghanistan.
Archive 2008-07-01 Bystander 2008
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He appealed to council officials not to simplify what he termed genuine and realistic demands of those in the township situation where socio-economic conditions were terrible.
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"Well now that's what I call a genuine fact, the sort I was talking about," Mr. Flack replied.
The Reverberator Henry James 1879
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Let me see: it's a long time since I have had what I call a genuine holiday; I'll send an excuse tomorrow to the office.
The Wrong Box Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Peace with the rebels, most of whom demand autonomy under what they call a "genuine federal system", has been set by the United States and the European Union as a condition for lifting sanctions on the former Burma, an underdeveloped but resource-rich country that has wilted under international isolation and inept army rule.
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