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Definition of Authentic |
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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. Authoritative. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information. Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested. 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. An original (book or document). Related Definitions: All, An, And, Apocryphal, Approved, As, Attested, Authentic, Authoritative, Authority, Be, Being, Below, Book, Correspondent, Counterfeit, Credible, Distinction, Document, Dominant, Doubtful, Due, False, Fictitious, Formalities, From, Genuine, Having, Has, Immediate, In, Information, Is, It, Legally, Not, Octave, Of, Opposition, Or, Origin, Original, Paper, Plagal, Portrait, Real, Register, Relation, That, The, To, Tonic, True, Trustworthy, Vested, What, Which, With, Writer |
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Authentic Quotations
I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die. Jerry Garcia Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. Albert Camus When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. Marc Chagall No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me. Taylor Caldwell Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic. Keanu Reeves It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character. Alan Alda Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. John Le Carre Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you. Rutherford B. Hayes Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language. Hans Kung The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. Daniel J. Boorstin |
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Authentic Translations
authentic in Dutch is echt, authentiek, waar, onvervalst authentic in French is authentique authentic in Norwegian is autentisk, ekte |
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