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authenticity

authenticity

71 4.8
A quality that shows something is real and believable to people
  • noun
  • /ɔːˈθɛntɪsɪti/
translation icon : autenticidad
  • I like the idea of authenticity without oversharing.
  • determine authenticity
  • lack of authenticity
  • lend authenticity

That's where relevancy, authenticity, and then trust is earned.

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Examples

  • The museum guarantees the authenticity of its ancient artifacts with proper documentation.

  • You figured out a way to establish your authenticity, and you won her trust.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • And so that level of authenticity is really important.

  • I wonder if it was that authenticity that kind of cut through the mess.

  • - It had a wonderful authenticity.

  • But I never questioned the authenticity of your New York.

  • Can you make a judgment about its authenticity?

  • But she can do a lot of damage by questioning the book's authenticity.

  • A beautiful poster, in my view, and the authenticity of the images is guaranteed.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • According to the ruling of the first tribunal, such documents are not even admissible unless supported by independent evidence of their authenticity.

Synonyms

credibility
vsauthenticity
462 4.0

Trust from other people who believe what you say

adds actual genuineness or real origin beyond mere belief
veracity
vsauthenticity
27 7.6

Being honest and not telling lies

focuses more on being genuinely real or accepted, not just honesty
truthfulness
vsauthenticity
13 2.7

Being honest and not telling lies

emphasizes genuine origin and acceptability rather than personal honesty
realness
vsauthenticity
9 4.6

The quality of being true and not fake

also requires being believable or accepted as true
believability
vsauthenticity
5 3.7

How much something seems true or real to people

depends on actual genuineness and truth beyond mere plausibility
verisimilitude
vsauthenticity
  • Literature
4 9.7

The appearance of being true or real

means actual genuineness and truth, not only seeming to be so
trueness
vsauthenticity
6.5

How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard

focuses more on being genuine and accepted rather than only exactness
creditability
vsauthenticity
6.6

The quality of being believable and trusted by others

requires true origin or genuineness as well as being trusted
credibleness
vsauthenticity
6.6

How believable and trustworthy something is

includes actual genuineness, not only the impression of trust

Antonyms

2 5.8

A way of speaking or acting that is not true

The state of not being real or true

Compounds

A state in which something is not real or genuine

How Authentic

authenticity
71 4.8
falseness
2 5.8

Surface Forms

authenticity singular

Morphology

authenticity = authentic (transparent) = authentic + ity

Formed by the adjective 'authentic' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ity', meaning clearly 'the quality of being authentic'.

Etymology

Authenticity comes from the Greek word authentikos, which meant 'original' or 'genuine'. So authenticity is the quality of being truly real or made by the original maker, and that is why we trust something that has authenticity.