1. authentic - Noun
2. authentic - Adjective
3. authentic - Adjective Satellite
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.
Authoritative.
Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.
Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
An original (book or document).
Source: Webster's dictionaryConscience is the authentic voice of God to you. Rutherford B. Hayes
Every writer wants to be believed. But every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. John le Carré
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. Ben Okri
As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow. Colette
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. Rebecca West
Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. Ismail Kadaré