Basic and Genuine

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Basic adjective - Of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject.

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Genuine and basic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Genuine" instead an adjective "Basic".

Nearby Words: base, basis, basically, basics, basicity

Genuine adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.

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Basic and genuine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Basic" instead an adjective "Genuine".

Nearby Words: genuinely, genuineness

Basic Instructions offers us some... basic instructions on how to make a fake smile look genuine.

Source: The Un-Smile
It's more often that Sarge is a genuine contrarion to Grif, just because he hates him, to the point that Sarge will refuse to believe basic facts if Grif mentions them.

Source: Commander Contrarian
Their dislikes may stem from an incident in their life, or, just a basic hatred, fear or phobia of something that will provide a genuine Berserk Button whenever it's mentioned in their presence.

Source: Author Phobia

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