authenticitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɔː.θenˈtɪs.ə.ti/us/ˌɑː.θenˈtɪs.ə.t̬i/the quality of being real or true:
The poems are supposed to be by Sappho, but they are actually of doubtful authenticity.
The authenticity of her story is beyond doubt.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reality and truth
- a slice of life idiom
- actuality
- apothegm
- fact
- genuine
- home truth
- immediacy
- McCoy
- practice
- real life
- slice
- the genuine article idiom
- the real McCoy
- the real thing 1
- the real world 2
- truism
- truth will out idiom
- veracity
- verisimilitude
- verity
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