| 单词 | inauthentic |
| 释义 | inauthentic (once / 142402 pages) adj An inauthentic person is fake or insincere, and an inauthentic thing isn't what it's said to be. That gold Rolex watch you bought for five dollars? It's probably inauthentic. Anything that pretends to be something it's not is inauthentic, whether it's a "designer" handbag or a person who's assuming a false identity. The adjective inauthentic is made up of the prefix in-, "not" or "opposite of," and authentic, "genuine" or "accurate." The Greek root is authentikos, "original, genuine, or principal." WORD FAMILYinauthentic: inauthentically+/authentic: authentically, authenticity, inauthentic, unauthentic/authenticity: authenticities USAGE EXAMPLESPerhaps that’s why flashbacks in movies and on TV shows feel inauthentic so much of the time. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) Gruman, the New Jersey seller on Amazon, says in 2014 one of his items, a beauty cream, was suspended because customers complained it was inauthentic. Seattle Times(Nov 19, 2016) Sean Spicer: Prior to them coming on board, there always seemed to be this binary choice: Let Trump be Trump or make him inauthentic. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) adj intended to deceive Syn spurious, unauthentic counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior |
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