authentic

authentic
adjective Etymology: Middle English autentik, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos, from authentēs perpetrator, master, from aut- + -hentēs (akin to Greek anyein to accomplish, Sanskrit sanoti he gains) Date: 14th century 1. obsolete authoritative 2. a. worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact <
paints an authentic picture of our society
>
b. conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features <
an authentic reproduction of a colonial farmhouse
>
c. made or done the same way as an original <
authentic Mexican fare
>
3. not false or imitation ; real, actual <
based on authentic documents
>
<
an authentic cockney accent
>
4. a. of a church mode ranging upward from the keynotecompare plagal 1 b. of a cadence progressing from the dominant chord to the tonic — compare plagal 2 5. true to one's own personality, spirit, or characterauthentically adverbauthenticity noun Synonyms: authentic, genuine, bona fide mean being actually and exactly what is claimed. authentic implies being fully trustworthy as according with fact <
an authentic account of the perilous journey
>
; it can also stress painstaking or faithful imitation of an original <
an authentic reproduction
>
<
authentic Vietnamese cuisine
>
. genuine implies actual character not counterfeited, imitated, or adulterated <
genuine piety
>
<
genuine maple syrup
>
; it also connotes definite origin from a source <
a genuine Mark Twain autograph
>
. bona fide implies good faith and sincerity of intention <
a bona fide offer for the stock
>
.

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • authentic — authentic, genuine, veritable, bona fide denote being exactly what the thing in question is said to be or professes to be. The prevailing sense of authentic is authoritative or trustworthy with the implication of actuality or accordance with fact …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • Authentic — • The term is used in two senses. It is applied first to a book or document whose contents are invested with a special authority, in virtue of which the work is called authentic. In its second sense it is used as a synonym for genuine , and… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • authentic — I adjective accordant with the facts, according to the facts, accredited, accurate, actual, as represented, attested, authoritative, bona fide, certus, credible, demonstrated, dependable, documented, entitled to acceptance and belief, factual,… …   Law dictionary

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