authenticity
nounUS /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/
Etymology From authentic + -ity.
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Usually The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
- I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
- The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
2 more examples
- This is the dim path where […] a legitimate candidate of the working class will be hammered over and over in an authenticity battle with a campaign that weekly releases some “How do you do, fellow kids?” embarrassment and whose Instagram manager is a woman with her own HBO series.2016 February 2, Jeb Lund, “The Electability Spin Machine”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2018:
- Urban Dictionary records at least 66 of the terms found by the present research, but as this dictionary liberally accepts words, definitions, and sample sentences based solely on the say-so of contributors, in the absence of corroboration from other sources the authenticity of some entries must remain dubious.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2:
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Obsolete, Usually The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
- Synonyms
- genuineness
- Derived terms
- certificate of authenticity, inauthenticity, nonauthenticity, ring of authenticity, unauthenticity
- Related terms
- authentically, authentication, authenticism, authenticness, authentification