inauthenticity
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7.9
- noun
- /ˌɪnəˈθɛntɪsɪti/
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inautenticidad
- The film was criticized for its inauthenticity, as it failed to accurately portray the culture it intended to represent.
And what what something you struggle with, which was the inauthenticity of living through a vlog.
- And what what something you struggle with, which was the inauthenticity of living through a vlog.
- But he has like an air of inauthenticity to him.
- So then that shame is a mask of inauthenticity.
- Back to the bit about authenticity, like you're you, you have to kind of know yourself a little bit to try to be honest about your inauthenticity.
Examples
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With Eveline, however, the text is more specific in implying a source for her inauthenticity.
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Her former married life, a period of inauthenticity or exile from herself—"dette lange stygge komediespil"—"this long, horrible farce"—is now over.
Academic text (1996) -
The layers of inauthenticity in the origin of this story are deep.
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But his central complaint had to do with inauthenticity and the choice of locations and roles.
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And this, this fear of inauthenticity leads them, I think, to be reluctant or makes them reluctant to use their foreign language skills for research.
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In Nigeria, the Igbo tradition, for example, can also point to similar moments of inauthenticity in its history.
Academic text (2008) -
Despite the obvious inauthenticity, most of these places have some sort of kitschy charm and are economic assets for their regions.
Academic text (2008) -
Her self-confidence is, no doubt, shaken a few times by vague feelings of inauthenticity and insecurity, but it is never destroyed.
Academic text (1996) -
Titmarsh's satire of the inauthenticity within what is labeled as genuine culminates in "Grand Cairo."
Academic text (2016) -
Thackeray reveals that inauthenticity is itself an unacknowledged trope of travel writing, whether that writing proclaims its fictionality or not.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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6.8
A thing or action made to trick people into thinking it is real
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5.6
Not showing true feelings when you speak or act
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7.2
The quality of seeming false and not sincere
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8.8
A way of hiding the truth by pretending to be less involved
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5.8
A way of speaking or acting that is not true
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A quality that makes something seem true when it is false
A state in which something is not real or genuine
A state of not being real or genuine
The state of being not real or true
The state of being fake and trying to trick people
A quality of being made up and not real that people sometimes use to trick others
A quality of being fake and made to seem real
A false, not sincere way of speaking or behaving that hides true feelings
A way of acting or speaking that does not feel sincere
Antonyms
How Authentic
Surface Forms
Morphology
inauthenticity = inauthentic (transparent) = in + authentic + ity
This is a standard noun formation from the adjective 'inauthentic' meaning the state or quality of being inauthentic.
Etymology
Inauthenticity starts with in- meaning 'not' and uses authentic, which means 'real' or 'genuine'. So inauthenticity is the quality of being 'not real', like a fake painting or a forced smile.