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# authentic

adjective (authentic); noun (authenticity)

«authentic» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Real and true, not a copy or a fake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#m1)
2. Done in the traditional or original way, like authentic Italian pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#m2)
3. Honest and sincere, true to yourself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, an authentic object is a real one from the past, not a copy. In everyday life, food or clothes can be called authentic. In being honest, an authentic person is true to who they are. Phrases: authentic copy (trap), authentic recipe.

### Examples

- This is an authentic Roman coin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x1)
- The restaurant serves authentic Mexican food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x2)
- The expert said the painting was authentic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x3)
- She was authentic and never pretended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x4)
- The museum has authentic Victorian toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x5)
- Is that signature authentic or fake? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x6)
- He had the whole strange history out of an old authentic book, which we ourselves can take out and read. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: fake, forged, inauthentic. Say «aw-THEN-tik». Use «an authentic», because it starts with a vowel sound.

## In Jewish tradition

In history lessons, an authentic object is a real one from the past, not a copy. In everyday life, food or clothes can be called authentic. In being honest, an authentic person is true to who they are. Phrases: authentic copy (trap), authentic recipe.

### Examples

- Although the greater part of this passage is obviously spu- rious, attributing, as it does, to Joseph ben Uziel works of other authors, it may be authentic with regard to the Sefer Yetzirah, which heads the list. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x1)

### Note

Opposite: fake, forged, inauthentic. Say «aw-THEN-tik». Use «an authentic», because it starts with a vowel sound.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «authentic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«authentic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/authentic.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «authentic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«authentic» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/authentic.html) on Mova free.