Associations to the word «Authenticity»

Wiktionary

AUTHENTICITY, noun. The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
AUTHENTICITY, noun. Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.
AUTHENTICITY, noun. (obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

Dictionary definition

AUTHENTICITY, noun. Undisputed credibility.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky