authentication | (noun) validating the authenticity of something or someone | Synonyms: certification |
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(noun) a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity | Synonyms: assay-mark, hallmark |
authenticator | (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: appraiser |
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authenticity | (noun) undisputed credibility | Synonyms: genuineness, legitimacy |
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author | (noun) writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) | Synonyms: writer |
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(noun) someone who originates or causes or initiates something | Synonyms: generator, source |
authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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authorisation | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorization, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authority, authorization, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorization, mandate |
authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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authoritarian | (noun) a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner | Synonyms: dictator |
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authoritarianism | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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authorities | (noun) the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | Synonyms: government, regime |
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authority | (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
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(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authorisation, authorization, sanction |
(noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities | Synonyms: assurance, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
(noun) an authoritative written work | - |
(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office |
(noun) an expert whose views are taken as definitive | - |
(noun) (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others | - |
authorization | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorisation, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorisation, mandate |
authorizer | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authoriser |
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authorship | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: composition, penning, writing |
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(noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | Synonyms: paternity |