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authenticity
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  • That would give me something to cling to in the surreal world of the arena where the authenticity of everything is to be doubted.  (source)
    authenticity = the quality of being real or true
  • I left a few brown crumbs, for authenticity.†  (source)
  • Since there was no way to verify the data's authenticity, the bidding stayed low, and I won the auction for a few thousand credits.†  (source)
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  • If Risa had had a piece of chewing gum, she would have popped a bubble somewhere in there to add more authenticity.†  (source)
  • All the tentativeness, doubt, and inauthenticity that plagued him slithered away without a trace, a sound.†  (source)
    inauthenticity = not real or true
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inauthenticity means not and reverses the meaning of authenticity. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
  • Historians could not possibly confirm its authenticity.†  (source)
  • Regardless of artistic merit, the film crew wouldn't thank me for introducing a note of historic inauthenticity into their shots.†  (source)
  • They have the ring of authenticity.†  (source)
  • The college restored each building it bought with taste and authenticity, and Savannah continued to receive compliments from its far-flung admirers.†  (source)
  • You've done your research, gathering the facts —historical, social, climatic, culinary—that will give your story its feel of authenticity.†  (source)
  • Although proving authenticity might be a problem, since you don't have the original paper ...still, I'm sure they would be worth something.†  (source)
  • I aim for absolute authenticity.†  (source)
  • It swung from its leather loop for a moment, such a little boring river stone, but no one in the room doubted its authenticity.†  (source)
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