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Appropriateness vs Authenticity - What's the difference?

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Appropriateness is a related term of authenticity.


As nouns the difference between appropriateness and authenticity

is that appropriateness is the quality or condition of being appropriate while authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.

appropriateness

English

Noun

(-)
  • the quality or condition of being appropriate

    • authenticity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
    • I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
  • Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.
    • The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
  • (obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of being genuine) genuineness

    Antonyms

    * (quality of not being genuine) phoniness; forgery; fakeness; bogosity

    Related terms

    * authentically * authenticism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "authenticity")