Authenticity or authentic may refer to: *

Authentication Authentication (from ''authentikos'', "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης ''authentes'', "author") is the act of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user. In contrast with identification, the act of indicatin ...

, the act of confirming the truth of an attribute

Arts and entertainment

Authenticity in art Authenticity in art is manifest in the different ways that a work of art, or an artistic performance, can be considered authentic. The initial distinction is between ''nominal authenticity'' and ''expressive authenticity''. In the first sense, no ...

, ways in which a work of art or an artistic performance may be considered authentic

Music

Authentic performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of the musical era in whic ...

, an approach to the performance of classical music * Authentic Records, a record label *

Authentic mode A Gregorian mode (or church mode) is one of the eight systems of pitch organization used in Gregorian chant. History The name of Pope Gregory I was attached to the variety of chant that was to become the dominant variety in medieval western and ...

, a set of pitch organizations used in Gregorian chant

Albums

* ''Authenticity'' (Foreign Exchange album), by The Foreign Exchange * ''Authentic'' (Joey Pearson album) * ''Authentic'' (LL Cool J album)

Other uses

Authenticity (philosophy) Authenticity is a concept of personality in the fields of psychology, existential psychotherapy, existentialist philosophy, and aesthetics. In existentialism, authenticity is the degree to which a person's actions are congruent with his or her v ...

, a particular way of dealing with the external world, being faithful to internal rather than external ideas * SS ''Authenticity'', a coastal tanker *

Authenticity Party The Authenticity Party ( ar, حزب الأصالة, ''ḥizb el-asala'') is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist Salafist ideology, which believes in implementi ...

, an Egyptian political party *

Authentic (show jumping horse) Authentic, nicknamed "Bud" (foaled June 22, 1995), is a Dutch Warmblood gelding that used to compete in show jumping. He has won three Olympic medals and two World Equestrian Games medals. He is owned by Abigail Wexner, and was ri ...

, an Olympic show jumper ridden by Beezie Madden *

Authentic (racehorse) Authentic (foaled May 5, 2017) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2020 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, where he set a new Keeneland track record. He also won the Sham Stakes, San Felipe Stakes, and Haskell Inv ...

, winner of the 2020 Kentucky Derby *

Message authentication In information security, message authentication or data origin authentication is a property that a message has not been modified while in transit (data integrity) and that the receiving party can verify the source of the message. Message authentica ...

, in information security

Arts and entertainment

Music

Albums

Other uses

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