inauthentic
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definition
adjective
the Holy Shroud of Turin is thought to have been proved inauthentic by radiocarbon dating
not in fact what it is said to be.
example
The subject was of course CBS's grudging acknowledgement that the 60 Minutes documents might possibly be 'inauthentic' .
So much is still obscure, corrupt and 'inauthentic' in Ukrainian politics, but at the very heart of this change is something very authentic: human beings hoping to take control of their own destiny.
Developers are turning new downtowns - flush with corporate chains like GAP and Starbucks - into a cartoonish, 'inauthentic' version of American downtowns of yesteryear.
In so many places, real life has retreated, squeezed out by the 'inauthentic' and the superficial.
Popular culture is decadent and degenerate, and we're doomed as a civilisation to a relentless decline into 'inauthentic' , commercialised pap.
That I might be one day disingenuous, 'inauthentic' , think too much of myself, imagine that I know something more than somebody else knows and get run away - let this thing run away with me.
He comes across as a shallow, inarticulate man, simplistic in speech and 'inauthentic' in manner.
Imagine a generation of American teenagers starting Kabuki theatre groups in their garages, and you have some idea of the problem - 'inauthentic' doesn't even begin to describe it.
Protestants traditionally rejected the Apocrypha precisely because these books were fabricated and contained 'inauthentic' material, despite the fact that these books might have been useful for evangelism.
But I started talking about my sex life because what is causing me problems in my work life is feeling dishonest, feeling 'inauthentic' , and feeling insecure.
Everyone is a caricature, manufactured and 'inauthentic' .
And to whom, exactly, do these documents look 'inauthentic' ?
A possible reason for Saigon's weakness was made evident on departure, when we discovered that the restaurateurs had never been to Vietnam - thus explaining the slightly 'inauthentic' food on offer.
And yet, DeMille was routinely ignored, dismissed or devalued by the critics as old fashioned, 'inauthentic' and disingenuous.
By suggesting that voices of protest are somehow alien and 'inauthentic' , those in authority seek to cloud the issues and evade accountability for their own actions.
It implies that there are literary forms and styles, literary subjects and interests, that are likewise 'inauthentic' and consequently inappropriate for ethnic writers.
The author claims that historical, iconographic, pathological, physical, and chemical evidence points to 'inauthenticity' .
Of course there are levels of 'inauthenticity' , from reference and emulation to willful trickery, parody and outright forgery.
For the most part, Heidegger would say we live 'inauthentically' , and only in certain key moments is authentic existence a possibility.
Another worry that many people have is that exercising virtue may require us to suppress our natural desires and inclinations and therefore to act 'inauthentically' .
To exist in this way is to exist 'inauthentically' .
In Heidegger's Being and Time, Biro reminds the reader, beings usually inhabit the world 'inauthentically' .
On the other hand, if a woman artist speaks of militarism, imperialism, war and capitalism, she is still frequently rapped on her knuckles for 'inauthenticity' , for transgressing into areas beyond her area of competence.
What makes this very funny book a very serious one is the way it uses the ongoing question of authenticity and 'inauthenticity' to explore some basic problems of contemporary American culture.
We rationalize when we 'inauthentically' offer reasons to support our claim.
After all, he works in an organization where 'inauthenticity' reigns, where little truth is told, and where executives wouldn't know a feeling if it hit them in the face.
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