Dictionary

ingenuine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːɪn̩/
• /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛnjuːaɪn̩/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Latin -ūs Latin genuīnusbor. English genuine English ingenuine From in- + genuine.

Meanings

1. false, not genuine or unauthentic.
   • 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 […] 1995, J. P. Telotte, Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film, page 164:
   • This description of the female therapist may have been a transferential distortion, an accurate reading of an ingenuine therapeutic stance, or both. 1993, Sam Kirscher, Working with Adult Incest Survivors: The Healing Journey, page 81:

Forms

Antonyms

true · real · genuine · natural · authentic

Synonyms

fake · ungenuine · false

Translations (12)

tr yapmacık (false, not genuine or authentic) · de nicht authentisch (false, not genuine or authentic) · de falsch (false, not genuine or authentic) · de gefälscht (false, not genuine or authentic) · de nicht echt (false, not genuine or authentic) · de unecht (false, not genuine or authentic) · de unwahrhaftig (false, not genuine or authentic) · tr yapay (false, not genuine or authentic) · de unaufrichtig (false, not genuine or authentic) · fi falski (false, not genuine or authentic) · fi epäaito (false, not genuine or authentic) · tr sahte (false, not genuine or authentic)