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1. (adj.) authentic
genuine; real.
2. authentic
having an origin supported by unquestionable evidence:
an authentic work by an old master.
3. authentic
entitled to acceptance or belief because of agreement with known facts or experience; reliable; trustworthy:
an authentic report.
4. authentic
Music.
5. authentic
(of a church mode) having a range extending from the final to the octave above.
6. authentic
(of a cadence) progressing from the dominant to the tonic chord.
7. authentic
Obs. authoritative.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME autentik (< AF) < LL authenticus < Gk authentikós <authént(ēs) perpetrator, doer)
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1. (adj) authentic, reliable
conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
"an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information"
2. (adj) authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable
not counterfeit or copied
"an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
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1. (adjective) authentic
≠ fake
authentic ancient Native American artifacts
2. authentic
based on facts or actual methods
authentic Mexican food; an authentic Irish pub
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) authentic
having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register
2. (noun) authentic
authoritative
3. (noun) authentic
of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information
4. (noun) authentic
vested with all due formalities, and legally attested
5. (noun) authentic
having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic
6. (noun) authentic
an original (book or document)
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Sense: true, real or genuine
an authentic signature.
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 Arabic: مَوثوق، جَدير بِالتَّصْدي |
 Bulgarian: автентичен |
 Brazilian: autêntico |
 Czech: pravý, nefalšovaný |
 German: authentisch |
 Danish: ægte; autentisk |
 Greek: γνήσιος, αυθεντικός |
 Spanish: auténtico |
 Estonian: ehtne |
 Farsi: معتبر؛ اصل |
 Finnish: autenttinen |
 French: authentique |
 Hebrew: מְקוֹרִי, אֲמִיתִי |
 Hindi: प्रमाणिक |
 Croatian: izvoran |
 Hungarian: hiteles |
 Indonesian: asli |
 Icelandic: ósvikinn, ekta |
 Italian: autentico |
 Japanese: 真正な |
 Korean: 진짜의 |
 Lithuanian: autentiškas, tikras |
 Latvian: autentisks;īsts |
 Malay: tulen |
 Dutch: authentiek |
 Norwegian: ekte, autentisk |
 Polish: autentyczny |
 Persian: معتبر؛ اصل |
 Pashto: معتبر، اصل |
 Portuguese: autêntico |
 Romanian: autentic |
 Russian: подлинный |
 Slovak: pravý, skutočný |
 Slovenian: avtentičen |
 Serbian: autentičan, pravi |
 Swedish: autentisk,äkta |
 Thai: ของแท้; แท้จริง |
 Turkish: gerçek, hakiki, orijinal |
 Taiwanese: 真的 |
 Ukrainian: справжній, автентичний |
 Urdu: مستند ، معتبر |
 Vietnamese: đích thực |
 Chinese: 真的 |
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