Definition for

genuine


Belonging to the original stock; corresponding to an original type or source; hence, not spurious, false, or adulterated; not of a deceptive or affected character; true; real; sincere: applied to both persons and things: as, genuine descendants; genuine materials; a genuine text; a genuine man.

In zoology, typical; conformable to type; not aberrant: as, the genuine isopods. See Euisopoda.

adjective – Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native

adjective – Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

adjective – not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed

adjective – being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

adjective – not fake or counterfeit

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