Authenticity
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- the quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
- Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
- truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions; not a copy or forgery.
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In "selling out" context
In art, authenticity describes how individuals experience art as being authentic, real or original as opposed to being commercial.
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See also
aura - street credibility - as a concept in coolness - false needs - cult of originality - realism - rockism - simulacrum - truth
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Contrast
- commercialism and 'selling out'
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