unauthenticity love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The character of being unauthentic.

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Examples

  • For all you type geeks who are fans of the hip AMC show "Mad Men," here's a blog bemoaning the unauthenticity of the use of Arial, introduced in the 1980's, as the font in the closing credits.

    "Arial Issue" at Mad Men 2008

  • For all you type geeks who are fans of the hip AMC show "Mad Men," here's a blog bemoaning the unauthenticity of the use of Arial, introduced in the 1980's, as the font in the closing credits.

    August 2008 2008

  • England to demonstrate the unauthenticity of the Charter responsible for its creation, and even to induce the civil authorities of Palestine to take legal action in the matter — a request which to her great chagrin was curtly refused — as well as the defection of one of the earliest pioneers and founders of the Faith in Germany, whom that same woman had so tragically misled, produced no effect whatsoever.

    God Passes By 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • And in reply, although we may claim that there is sufficient evidence to satisfy an humble Christian, previously inclined to such a faith, that the New Testament documents were written by the persons whose names they bear, and that their accounts are true, yet we cannot pretend that there is sufficient evidence effectually to convince a critical inquirer that there is no possibility of ungenuineness and unauthenticity.

    The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

  • M. Pierre Champion (_Guillaume de Flavy_, p. 283) has irrefutably demonstrated its unauthenticity.]

    The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884

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