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Realness vs Authenticity - What's the difference?

realness | authenticity |

As nouns the difference between realness and authenticity

is that realness is the state of being real; reality while authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.

realness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being real; reality.

    • 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")