Lawfulness is a related term of authenticity.
As nouns the difference between lawfulness and authenticity
is that
lawfulness is property of being lawful, of obeying the law while
authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
lawfulness English
Noun
( -)
Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
- His extreme lawfulness made him righteous, but did it make him merciful?
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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
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