unauthenticityn.
(un- prefix1 6.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [noun] > lack of authority
infirmitya1631
unauthoritativeness1644
inauthoritativeness1659
unauthenticity1776
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > lack of authenticity
unauthenticness1657
spuriousness1678
ungenuineness1848
inauthenticity1883
unauthenticity1890
1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxxx Though Voltaire still retains this sentence, its unauthenticity has been detected by several critics.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. xiii. 325 The general unauthenticity of all the earliest monastic grants and charters.
1890 W. E. Gladstone Impregnable Rock v. 187 The question is not so much what particulars can be convicted of unauthenticity.
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