Genuine
['dʒenjʊɪn] or ['dʒɛnjʊɪn]
Definition
(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' .
Editor: Nolan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Pure, uncorrupt, unalloyed, unadulterated, true, real, veritable, authentic, not spurious, not false, not fictitious, not apochryphal, what it purports to be.[2]. Native, unaffected, sincere.
Editor: Nita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Authentic, true, real, pure, unalloyed, natural, unaffected, sincere,unadulterated, veritable, sound
ANT:Spurious, fictitious, adulterated, apocryphal
Checker: Scott
Definition
adj. natural not spurious or adulterated: real: pure: (zool.) conformable to type.—adv. Gen′uinely.—n. Gen′uineness.
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Examples
- I say this here for two reasons--because I hope to avoid the critical attack of the genuine Marxian specialist, and because the observation is, I believe, relevant to our subject. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mrs. Bagnet gathers up her cloak to wipe her eyes on in a very genuine manner, How could you do it? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But genuine politics is not an inhuman task. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I like it, for it's genuine. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I do not mean the genuine article, but all men are slaves more or less, if they don't follow my mode of life. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Sir, I _feel_ honest enough, said Graham; and a genuine English blush covered his face with its warm witness of sincerity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- These results are genuine and not to be despised. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To make imitation maple syrup simply boil the syrup until it is reduced back to sugar again, and when it is made properly the flavor and appearance of the genuine article is obtained. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- For there are, I believe, blunders in our political thinking which confuse fictitious activity with genuine achievement, and make it difficult for men to know where they should enlist. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Her features were handsome; but their natural play was so locked up, that it seemed impossible to guess at their genuine expression. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Like Homer, he is said to be buried in many other places, but this is the only true and genuine place his ashes inhabit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her material prosperity is genuine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I could speak to Mr. Franklin's astonishment as genuine, when he saw how the girl stared at him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Then she is as honest and genuine as she looks, rejoined my guardian, and it is impossible to say more for her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My note to you was absolutely genuine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Give me the proof I am going to ask, of your real genuine ardour, and I shall hereafter look up to you as something superior to the rest of mankind. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then a soul which forgets cannot be ranked among genuine philosophic natures; we must insist that the philosopher should have a good memory? Plato. The Republic.
- There is a genuine increment of experience; not another item mechanically added on, but enrichment by a new quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is an astonishing fact that nine-tenths of the so-called maple sugar and maple syrup sold as the genuine articles are nothing more than clever imitations. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They are called wives, though I believe the Koran only allows four genuine wives--the rest are concubines. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sir Pitt said with a voice of genuine alarm and commiseration. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Where is the author who can be indifferent to the genuine unhackneyed praise bestowed on his own composition? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You're right, said Wemmick; it's the genuine look. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- That opinion is largely determined by the real impulses of men; and genuine character rejects or at least rebels against foreign, unnatural impositions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have thought of your sufferings that morning on which I parted from you; I know they were genuine, and they are as much as you ought to bear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Yet active life was the genuine soil for his virtues; and he sometimes suffered tedium from the monotonous succession of events in our retirement. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Genuine Saxon, by the soul of Hengist! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yet it never appeared misplaced or forced, being always heartily simple, spontaneous, and genuine. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I do not pretend to say it was a true, genuine sigh! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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