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authenticity - 3 dictionary results

au⋅then⋅tic⋅i⋅ty

[aw-then-tis-i-tee, aw-thuhn-]
–noun
the quality of being authentic; genuineness.

Origin:
1650–60; authentic + -ity
au·then·tic·i·ty   (ô'thěn-tĭs'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The quality or condition of being authentic, trustworthy, or genuine.

Authenticity

Au`then*tic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. authenticit['e].]

1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.

Note: In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity, authenticity is often restricted in its use to the first of the above meanings, and distinguished from qenuineness.
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