Authentic and Imitative

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Authentic adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.

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Imitative is an antonym for authentic.

Imitative adjective - Using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model.

Usage example: your writing style tends to be imitative of whichever author you've recently read

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Authentic is an antonym for imitative.

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Imitative and Authentic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 18, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/authentic/imitative

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