Meaning of AUTHENTICITY
| Pronunciation: | | `othin'tisitee
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |
[n] undisputed credibility |
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AUTHENTICITY is a 12 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | genuineness, legitimacy |
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| | See Also: | | believability, credibility, credibleness, real McCoy, real stuff, real thing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Au`then*tic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. authenticit['e].]
1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority
for truth and correctness.
2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted
from the original.
Note: In later writers, especially those on the evidences of
Christianity, authenticity is often restricted in its
use to the first of the above meanings, and
distinguished from qenuineness.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute realism, accomplished fact, actuality, artlessness, authoritativeness, bona fideness, calculability, canonicalness, canonicity, creativeness, creativity, dependability, factuality, fait accompli, faithworthiness, firmness, freshness, genuineness, gospel truth, grim reality, historicity, honesty, inartificiality, innovation, inventiveness, invincibility, legitimacy, lifelikeness, literalism, literality, literalness, naturalism, naturalness, newness, nonimitation, not a dream, novelty, objective existence, originality, orthodoxicalness, orthodoxism, orthodoxness, orthodoxy, photographic realism, predictability, realism, reality, realness, reliability, religious truth, right belief, rightness, secureness, security, sincerity, solidity, soundness, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, substantiality, the truth, traditionalism, true-to-lifeness, trustworthiness, truth, truth to nature, unadulteration, unaffectedness, unerringness, unfictitiousness, uniqueness, unspeciousness, unspuriousness, unsyntheticness, validity, verisimilitude |
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