Meanings
plural genuine articles
- idiomaticAn authentic thing, as opposed to an imitation.
"Bob was a dynamo, a force of nature. Bob was the genuine article," Joshua Goldbard said.
2023 April 5, Chantal Da Silva, Daniel Arkin, “Cash App founder Bob Lee reportedly killed in San Francisco stabbing, sources say”, in NBC News2 more examples
“Coffee” might be largely sawdust, or wheat, beans, beets, peas, and dandelion seeds, scorched black and ground to resemble the genuine article.
2018 November, Deborah Blum, “When Milk Was Full of Calf Brains”, in The Atlantic“I think he's an extraordinary man [Dario Amodei], the real genuine article,” he [Michael Moritz] tells me.
2026 April 18, John Thornhill, quoting Michael Moritz, “Lunch with the FT: Dario Amodei”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3Synonyms: real thing, real deal, real McCoy, pure quill · Antonyms: copy, counterfeit, fake, imitation, lookalike, phony
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn authentic thing, as opposed to an imitation.
Translations
Polish autentyk
- autentykan authentic thing, as opposed to an imitation
Cite this entry
genuine article. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genuine%20article
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