Sunday, September 2, 2012

Dictionary. Word

AUTHENTICITY
noun
of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine:
1. made or done in the traditional or original way, or in a way that faithfully resembles an original
2. based on facts; accurate or reliable: an authentic depiction of the situation
3. (in existentialist philosophy) relating to or denoting an emotionally appropriate, significant, purposive, and responsible mode of human life.
source: oxforddictionaries.com

REAL
adjective
  • 1. actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed2(of a thing) not imitation or artificial; genuinesource: oxforddictionaries.com

  • 2. created personally by a particular artist, writer, musician, etc.; not a copy
  • source: oxforddictionaries.com

ORIGINAL
adjective
1. present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest

LEGITIMIZATION
adjective
able to be defended with logic or justification; valid
source: oxforddictionaries.com

EVIDENCE
noun
1. that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground forbelief; proof.
2. something that makes plain or clear; an indication or sign:His flushed look was visible evidence of his fever.
3. Law data presented to a court or jury in proof of the factsin issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses,records, documents, or objects.
source: dictionary.reference.com

VALIDITY
noun
In logic, an argument is valid if and only if its conclusion is logically entailed by its premises and each step in the argument is logical. A formula is valid if and only if it is true under every interpretation, and an argument form (or schema) is valid if and only if every argument of that logical form is valid.
source: wikipedia.org

LEGACY
noun
Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage.
source: en.wiktionary.org

COPY
noun
an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original
source: dictionary.reference.com

FAKE
adjective, verb
1. prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, orfraudulent)
2. to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive,interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive
3. to pretend; simulate
source: dictionary.reference.com

FORGERY
noun
1. The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime offraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud; as, the forgery of a bond.
2.That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised or counterfeited.
3. (archaic) An invention, creation
source: en.wiktionary.org

PRETEND
verb
1. to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so
2. to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign
3. to make believe
4. to presume; venture
5. to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely
source: dictionary.reference.com

ARTIFICIAL
adjective
1. made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural
2. False, misleading.
3. Unnatural.
source: en.wiktionary.org

SIMULATION
noun
1. Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
2. The process of simulating.
3. Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
source: en.wiktionary.org

REPLICATION
noun
1. Process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
2. Copy; reproduction.
source: en.wiktionary.org

MEMORY
noun
1. the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and revivingfacts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizingprevious experiences.
2. the act or fact of retaining and recalling impressions, facts,etc.; remembrance; recollection.
4. the length of time over which recollection extends.
5. a mental impression retained; a recollection.
source: en.wiktionary.org

RECOLLECTION
noun
1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance.
3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
source: en.wiktionary.org

REMEMBRANCE
noun
1. a retained mental impression; memory.
2. the act or fact of remembering.
3. the power or faculty of remembering.
4. the length of time over which recollection or memory extends.
5. the state of being remembered.
source: dictionary.reference.com

GENUINE
adjective

  • truly what something is said to be; authentic