🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

진정성

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jinjeongseong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Authenticity/ˌɔːθenˈtɪsəti/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 사과에는 진정성이 결여되어 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being genuine, real, or true, rather than fake or copied.

    "Experts tested the painting to verify its authenticity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin 'authenticitas', stemming from the Ancient Greek 'authentikos' meaning principal or genuine, from 'authentes' one who does things with one's own hands. Over centuries, the term evolved from legal validity to denote emotional, artistic, and personal truthfulness.

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