genuine

Adjective
Synonyms: echttrue(a)unfeignedactualliteralreal

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. not fake or counterfeit“a genuine Picasso”“genuine leather”Synonyms: echt
  2. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed“genuine emotion”“her interest in people was unfeigned”“true grief”Synonyms: true(a)unfeigned
  3. 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”Synonyms: actualliteralreal
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

genuine \gen"u*ine\, a. [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. g['e]nuine. See Gender.] 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. "True, genuine night." --Dryden.

Syn: Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic. -- Gen"u*ine*ly, adv. -- Gen"u*ine*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
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