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genuine

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genuine in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    actual  genuine  literal  real 
  2. not fake or counterfeit
    "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
    genuine  echt 
  3. not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
    "genuine emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true grief"
    genuine  true  unfeigned 
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