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 Meaning of AUTHENTICITY
| Pronunciation: |  | `othin'tisitee 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  undisputed credibility |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | genuineness, legitimacy |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | believability, credibility, credibleness, real McCoy, real stuff, real thing |  |     |  |  Products Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  |  AuthenticityDescription not available.
 more details ... |  |  |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | 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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