genuine

The pronunciation of “genuine” with the last syllable rhyming with “wine” is generally considered less classy than the more common pronunciation in which the last syllable rhymes with “won.”

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• dateline vs deadline
• woman vs women
• grill vs grille
• below table vs table below
• ruff vs rough
• tooken vs took vs taken
• weiner vs wiener
• ceasar vs caesar
• flys vs flies
• absorbtion vs absorption

Definitions

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• a  not fake or counterfeit
  a genuine Picasso
  genuine leather
• s  not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
  genuine emotion
• s  being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
  a genuine dilemma

News & Articles

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• U.S. Open at Merion will start to unfold
  The affection was genuine. Even better was beating Jack Nicklaus in a playoff. So when Lee Trevino got his hands on that U.S. Open trophy in 1971, the guy who never lacked for one-liners gushed, "I love Merion, and I don't even know her last name."
  June 13, 2013 - Denver Post
• People anticipate others' genuine smiles, but not polite smiles
  Smile and the world smiles with you -- but new research suggests that not all smiles are created equal. The research shows that people actually anticipate smiles that are genuine but not smiles that are merely polite. The differing responses may reflect the unique social value of genuine smiles.
  June 12, 2013 - Science Daily
• The mystery of Merion starts to unfold at US Open
  ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) -- The affection was genuine. Even better was beating Jack Nicklaus in a playoff. So when Lee Trevino got his hands on that U.S. Open trophy in 1971, the guy who never lacked for one-liners gushed, ''I love Merion, and I don't even know her last name.''
  June 12, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports