authentic
adjective
au·then·tic
ə-ˈthen-tik
ȯ-
2
: true to one's own personality, spirit, or character
is sincere and authentic with no pretensions
3
a
: worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact
paints an authentic picture of our society
b
: conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features
an authentic reproduction of a colonial farmhouse
c
: made or done the same way as an original
authentic Mexican fare
4
a
of a church mode
: ranging upward from the keynote compare plagal sense 1
b
of a cadence
: progressing from the dominant chord to the tonic compare plagal sense 2
5
obsolete
: authoritative
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