authenticity

English

Etymology

authentic +‎ -ity

Noun

authenticity (plural authenticities)

1. The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.

   I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.

2. Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.

   The authenticity of this painting is questionable.

3. (obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

Synonyms

• (quality of being genuine): genuineness

Antonyms

• (quality of not being genuine): phoniness; forgery; fakeness; bogosity

Related terms

• authentically

Translations

the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original

Bulgarian: автентичност (bg) (avtentíchnost) f., достоверност (bg) Danish: autenticitet (da) c. Esperanto: aŭtentikeco (eo) Finnish: aitous (fi), oikeellisuus (fi), autenttisuus (fi) French: authenticité (fr) f. German: Authentizität (de) f.

Italian: autenticità (it) f. Portuguese: autenticidade (pt) f. Russian: подлинность (ru) (pódlinnost') f., достоверность (ru) (dostovérnost') f., аутентичность (ru) (autentíčnost') f. Spanish: autenticidad (es) f.

truthfulness of origins

Finnish: aitous (fi)

See also

• Authenticity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia