Definition of Inauthentic

1. Adjective. Intended to deceive. "A spurious work of art"

Exact synonyms: Spurious, Unauthentic
Similar to: Counterfeit, Imitative
Derivative terms: Spuriousness

Definition of Inauthentic

1. [adj]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inauthentic

inaugurals
inaugural address
inaugurate
inaugurated
inaugurates
inaugurating
inauguration
inaugurations
Inauguration Day
inaugurator
inaugurators
inaurate
inauspicious
inauspiciously
inauspiciousness
inauthentic (current term)
inauthenticity
inbeing
inbeings
inbent
inboard
inboard
inboards
inborn
inborn
inborn errors of metabolism
inborn error of metabolism
inborn error of metabolism
inborn lysosomal disease
inborn reflex

Literary usage of Inauthentic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Interesting Views of Christianity by Charles Bonnet (1789)
"... rarely quoted the inauthentic hi/lories.. while they frequently quoted the au- thentic. ... inauthentic ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"but to the Ignatian Epistles which are inauthentic (c. xiii.), and the manifest inference is that it also is spurious. Of the fabulous character of the ..."

3. Inventing a Classroom: Life in a Bilingual, Whole Language Learning Community by Kathryn F. Whitmore, Caryl G. Crowell (1994)
"Goodman describes how the inauthentic nature of typical language use in schools is ... 21) inauthentic school events are those that isolate components of ..."

4. Supernatural Religion: An Inquiry Into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels (1902)
"hut to the Ignatian Epistles which are inauthentic (c. xiii.), and the manifest inference is that it also is spurious. ..."

5. Essays on the Work Entitled Supernatural Religion: Reprinted from the by Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1893)
"The Epistle of Polycarp, however, not only refers to the martyr-journey (c. ix), but to the Ignatian Epistles which are inauthentic (c. xiii), ..."

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