authenticity

The correct attribution of origin such as the authorship of an e-mail message or the correct description of information such as a data field that is properly named. Authenticity is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad).

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noun

The quality of being authentic: genuineness, realness, truthfulness, validity. See true/false.

Definition: genuineness
Antonyms: spuriousness

n

Definition: reliability
Antonyms: inaccuracy, unreliability

The condition of significant, emotionally appropriate living. Contrasted, especially in Heidegger, with inauthenticity: a state in which life, stripped of purpose and responsibility, is depersonalized and dehumanized. See also alienation.

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Authenticity refers to the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions.

Authenticity or Authentic may refer to:

• Authentication, having passed the tests thereof
• Authenticity (philosophy), a particular way of dealing with the external world, being faithful to internal rather than external ideas
• Authentic performance refers to a movement in classical movement also known as historically informed performance
• Authenticity (reenactment), in historical reenactment, a measure of how close an item, prop, action, weapon, or custom is, to what would actually have been used or done in the time period being depicted
• Authentic (album), an album by Chris Tomlin
• Authentic (Joey Pearson album)
• Authentic Records, a record label
• Authentic (software), payments platform software from Alaric International
• SS Authenticity, a coastal tanker.

See also

• Provenance
• Verisimilitude
• Counterfeit

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