inauthentic

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities
US /ˌɪnɔˈθɛntɪk/ UK /ˌɪnɔːˈθɛntɪk/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not genuine or true to itself; fake or insincere

    The accent sounded inauthentic, as if learned overnight.

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Derived forms inauthenticallyinauthenticity

Etymology

From in- ('not') + authentic, from Late Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek authentikos ('original, genuine'), from authentes ('one who acts on his own authority').

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