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# authentic

«authentic» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/A/authentic/#m2)

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

- This is an authentic Roman coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x1)
- The restaurant serves authentic Mexican food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x2)
- The expert said the painting was authentic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x3)
- She was authentic and never pretended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x4)
- The museum has authentic Victorian toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/authentic/#x5)
- Is that signature authentic or fake? [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

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