authenticity

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

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.
    • I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
    • The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
    • This is the dim path where […] a legitimate candidate of the working class will be hammered over and over in an authenticity battle with a campaign that weekly releases some “How do you do, fellow kids?” embarrassment...
  2. The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

Origin

Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English authenticity From authentic + -ity.

Forms

authenticities

Synonyms

genuineness

Antonyms

phoniness forgery fakeness bogosity

Related

authentically authentication authenticism authenticness authentification

Derived

certificate of authenticity inauthenticity nonauthenticity ring of authenticity unauthenticity