Northern funk personally genuine (6)
I believe the answer is:
boreal
'northern' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'funk personally genuine' is the wordplay.
'funk personally' becomes 'bo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'genuine' becomes 'real' (associated in meaning).
'bo'+'real'='BOREAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for boreal that I've seen before include "Related to the northern lights" , "Relating to qualities associated with the north wind" .)