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Definition of genuine



Overview of adj genuine

The adj genuine has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (6) genuine, echt

(not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather")

2. (4) genuine, true, unfeigned

(not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief")

3. (2) actual, genuine, literal, real

(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")