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# authentic

«authentic» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Real and true, not a copy or a fake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (authentic); noun (authenticity)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Real and true, not a copy or a fake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#m1)

2) Done in the traditional or original way, like authentic Italian pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#m2)

3) Honest and sincere, true to yourself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#m3)

### sense 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x1)
- This is an authentic Roman coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x2)
- The restaurant serves authentic Mexican food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x3)
- The expert said the painting was authentic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x4)
- She was authentic and never pretended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x5)
- The museum has authentic Victorian toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x6)
- Is that signature authentic or fake? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x7)
- He had the whole strange history out of an old authentic book, which we ourselves can take out and read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/#x8)

### note

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «authentic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/authentic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.