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inauthenticity

American  
[in-aw-then-tis-i-tee, -thuhn-] / ɪnˌɔ θɛnˈtɪs ɪ ti, -θən- /

noun

inauthenticities plural
  1. the quality of not being authentic.

  2. an instance of not being authentic; something that is not authentic.


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Mr. Chamorro-Premuzic, a professor of business psychology at University College London and Columbia University, insists that success at work demands inauthenticity and good social skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

For many viewers, cultural inauthenticity is not a dealbreaker.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Speaking with reporters from his rally stages could be a way to remedy the perception that he radiates robotic inauthenticity in every interaction he has with a normal human being.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024

His unwillingness to say so is part of the inauthenticity that voters tell pollsters they find “weird” and out-of-touch.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

All the tentativeness, doubt, and inauthenticity that plagued him slithered away without a trace, a sound.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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