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Genuine

//ˈd͡ʒɛnjuːˌɪn// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
  2. 2
    Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated

    "a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials; genuine friendship"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not fake or counterfeit wordnet
  2. 2
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed wordnet
  3. 3
    being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something wordnet

Etymology

From Latin genuīnus (“innate, native, natural”), from genus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

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