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What (who) is authentic - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Inauthentic; Authentic; Authenticity (disambiguation); Authentic (album); Authentic (disambiguation); Authentic (horse)
authentic
1.
An authentic person, object, or emotion is genuine.
...authentic Italian food...
They have to look authentic.
= genuine, real
? fake, imitation
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• authenticity
There are factors, however, that have cast doubt on the statue's authenticity.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss
2.
If you describe something as authentic, you mean that it is such a good imitation that it is almost the same as or as good as the original.
...patterns for making authentic frontier-style clothing.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval]
3.
An authentic piece of information or account of something is reliable and accurate.
I had obtained the authentic details about the birth of the organization.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
authentic
a.
1.
Genuine, real, true, veritable, pure, uncorrupted, unadulterated, not false, not spurious, not fictitious, not apocryphal, what it purports to be.
2.
Trustworthy, reliable, authoritative, veritable, true, accurate, according to the facts, accordant with fact, not garbled, not tampered with, from competent and trustworthy sources, from the original data, that cannot be questioned, of approved authority, to be depended on, worthy of belief.
authentic
¦ adjective
1. of undisputed origin or veracity; genuine.
2. Music (of a church mode) containing notes between the principal note or final and the note an octave higher. Compare with plagal.
Derivatives
authentically adverb
authenticity ?:??n't?s?ti noun
Origin
ME: via OFr. from late L. authenticus, from Gk authentikos 'principal, genuine'.
Wikipedia
Authenticity
Authenticity or authentic may refer to:
- Authentication, the act of confirming the truth of an attribute
Examples of use of authentic
1. An authentic fool, an authentic, malevolent class–hater, an authentic groper, but authentic none the less.
2. "Mike‘s a principled, authentic conservative," says Norris.
3. When asked how he could be sure the information was authentic, he said: "There is nothing more authentic than finding a thumbdrive in his [Zarqawi‘s] pocket.
4. Second, it offers an authentic Arab and Islamic address.
5. It is not an authentic Hindu spirituality," said Kurayev.