genuine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not fake or counterfeit
    echt.
    • a genuine Picasso
    • genuine leather
  2. adjective satellite not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
    true; unfeigned.
    • genuine emotion
    • her interest in people was unfeigned
    • true grief
  3. adjective satellite being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
    real; literal; actual.
    • her actual motive
    • a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton
    • a genuine dilemma

WordNet

Gen"u*ine adjective
Etymology
L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. génuine. See Gender.
Definitions
  1. 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.
    The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. Macaulay.

Webster 1913