We know that a lot can be faked: watches, boots, socks, jewelry. But can interest be faked? We’ll talk about this because the phrase “genuine interest” has come into our attention. Consider the meaning, synonyms and question of the authenticity of passion.
The meaning of the parts of the phrase
To understand the object of study, you need to approach differentially, that is, to determine sequentially the adjective and noun. Let's run ahead and say that we will apply the same approach to synonyms. Therefore, let's find out what is genuine interest individually. First we find out what interest is:
- Particular attention to something, a desire to delve into the essence, learn, understand.
- Entertaining or significant.
- Needs, needs.
- Benefit, self-interest (part of colloquial vocabulary).
Now it’s the turn of “genuine”:
- Same as genuine (in the first meaning)
- Natural, sincere (figurative meaning).
Perhaps the reader is a little tired of the lists. Therefore, the value of "genuine" we give a string. So this is "real, original, not copied." Authenticity is determined by the immediacy, unexpectedness of the reaction. Stormy joy, for example, cannot be fake, as well as grief. You can be convinced of the validity of this point of view if you watch the Colombo series, where the killers almost always do not express sorrow too naturally, although the victim is often very close to the criminals.
Synonyms
While the reader has not yet run away to watch an epoch-making and cult series in order to replenish his baggage of detective films, we want to offer him to linger a bit and look at the synonyms of the phrase that we are analyzing. So, remember the differentiated approach? First noun:
- Attention;
- curiosity;
- passion;
- enthusiasm.
The remaining substitutions are not appropriate in the context of the expression. Therefore, there are only four analogues.
Now look for the "twin" for the adjective:
- natural;
- sincere;
- present;
- authentic.
There are others, but these are enough. Because the rest are words that contain the prefix "not." And in general, there should be a gap in knowledge, stimulating the independent activity of the reader. In other words, if you don’t like our lists, you can create your own. If you add both lists, then these will be synonyms of "genuine interest."
Is it possible to fake interest?
To take a break from the lists, let's think about this: genuine interest - is this not a pleonasm? For those who have forgotten what the Greek word means, we remind you: they call speech redundancy. Of course, among the textbook examples of this kind, you will not find our phrase. Textbook such:
- souvenir;
- stomp;
- in the end.
What we want to tell is nothing more than information for consideration. If the synonyms of interest are “passion”, “hobby”, then can we talk about “fakeness”, for example, passion. If passion is pretended, then, perhaps, it ceases to be itself. So with interest, if we listen to something out of politeness or pity, then we are not interested, that's all. Think at your leisure about such an opportunity. But, true, many pleonasms have entered the language and are not considered speech errors. Therefore, our advice can be "harmful". It is sometimes useful to swing the basics to see if they are firmly fixed.