Bona fide is an adjectival phrase meaning ‘in good faith’ and hence ‘genuine’: a bona fide tourist. Bona fides is a noun phrase meaning ‘good faith’ and hence ‘sincerity and honesty of intention’: he was at pains to establish his liberal bona fides. Be careful not to spell them ‘bone fide’ or ‘bone fides’. The pronunciation is /boh-nuh fl-dee(z)/.
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