Associations to the word «Genuine»

Wiktionary

GENUINE, adjective. Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.
GENUINE FAKE, noun. An imitation of a (usually) valuable object that is so good that it is, to all intents and purposes, identical.
GENUINE FAKES, noun. Plural of genuine fake
GENUINE ISSUE OF MATERIAL FACT, noun. (legal) A dispute over a material fact upon which the outcome of a legal case may rely, and which therefore must be decided by a judge or jury; a dispute which precludes summary judgment.
GENUINE ISSUES OF MATERIAL FACT, noun. Plural of genuine issue of material fact

Dictionary definition

GENUINE, adjective. Not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather".
GENUINE, adjective. Not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief".
GENUINE, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats