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Authentic: meaning and example

adjective · In the sense illustrated below

Genuine rather than pretending to be something else.

Example sentence

“Her authentic account included the mistakes as well as the successes.”

An illustrative sentence written for Ikigain.

This example illustrates a positive sense or context. The same word can have other meanings; choose it for what you actually want to say.

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