authentic

== English == === Alternative forms === authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English authentik, from Old French autentique, from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, “authentic, genuine”), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “perpetrator, murderer, absolute ruler”). Doublet of effendi. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɒˈθɛn.tɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑˈθɛn.tɪk/ === Adjective === authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic) Of the same origin as claimed; genuine. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief. an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information (music) Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note. Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic. (obsolete) Authoritative. ==== Synonyms ==== (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “not of the claimed origin”): non-authentic, nonauthentic, phony, fake; ingenuine, inauthentic, unauthentic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “authentic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. authentic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “authentic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.