English Explanatory Dictionary

authenticity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
  2. The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

Pronunciation

/ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/ /ɑθənˈtɪsɪti/ [ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪɾi] [ɑθənˈtɪsɪɾi] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-authenticity.wav

Word forms

authenticity authenticities

Etymology

From authentic + -ity.

Synonyms

genuineness

Antonyms

phoniness forgery fakeness bogosity

Related words

authentically authentication authenticism authenticness authentification

Derived words

certificate of authenticity inauthenticity nonauthenticity ring of authenticity unauthenticity

Translations

Asturian: autenticidá Belarusian: аўтэнты́чнасць Bulgarian: автенти́чност Bulgarian: достоверност Catalan: autenticitat Chinese Mandarin: 真實性 /真实性 Danish: autenticitet Dutch: authenticiteit Dutch: echtheid Esperanto: aŭtenteco Esperanto: aŭtentikeco Finnish: aitous Finnish: oikeellisuus Finnish: autenttisuus French: authenticité Galician: autenticidade German: Authentizität Hindi: प्रामाणिकता Hungarian: hitelesség Indonesian: autentisitas Irish: barántúlacht Irish: fíordheimhneacht Irish: údaracht Italian: autenticità Japanese: 真実味 Kazakh: шынайылық Kazakh: түпнұсқалық Latvian: īstums Malayalam: ആധികാരികത Māori: hāponotanga Norwegian Bokmål: autentisitet Norwegian Nynorsk: autentisitet Polish: autentyczność Polish: autentyka Polish: autentyzm Polish: prawdziwość Portuguese: autenticidade Romanian: autenticitate Russian: по́длинность Russian: достове́рность Russian: аутенти́чность Sicilian: autinticità Spanish: autenticidad Swedish: autenticitet Ukrainian: автенти́чність Yiddish: אויטענטישקייט
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