genuine fake

noun

An imitation of a (usually) valuable object that is so good that it is, to all intents and purposes, identical.

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Meanings

noungenuine fake (plural genuine fakes)

plural genuine fakes

  1. An imitation of a (usually) valuable object that is so good that it is, to all intents and purposes, identical.

    If the experts are baffled by such artifacts, does it follow that the public is being cheated of its art experience when looking at a genuine fake such as a van Meegeren "Vermeer"?

    1972, Take Today; the Executive as Dropout, By Marshall McLuhan, Barrington Nevitt., →ISBN, page 97
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