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Etymology

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From in- +‎ genuine.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːɪn̩/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːaɪn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjuːɪn̩ or Rhymes: -ɛnjuːaɪn̩

Adjective

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ingenuine (comparative more ingenuine, superlative most ingenuine)

1. false, not genuine or unauthentic.
   • 1993, Sam Kirscher, Working with Adult Incest Survivors: The Healing Journey, page 81:This description of the female therapist may have been a transferential distortion, an accurate reading of an ingenuine therapeutic stance, or both.
   • 1995, J. P. Telotte, Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film, page 164:Yet those accomplishments may well be forged, that is, a bit ingenuine, since, as our films must inevitably do, they leave the very forces of repression intact […]

Synonyms

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• ungenuine
• false
• fake
• See also Thesaurus:fake

Antonyms

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• genuine
• authentic
• real
• natural
• true

Translations

[edit] false, not genuine or authentic

Finnish: epäaito (fi), falski (fi) German: falsch (de), gefälscht (de), nicht echt, unecht (de), nicht authentisch, unwahrhaftig (person), unaufrichtig (de) Turkish: yapay (tr), yapmacık (tr), sahte (tr)

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