Authentic and Native

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Authentic adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.

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Native and authentic are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Native" with "Authentic", this adjectives are similar.

Native adjective - Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin.

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Authentic and native are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Authentic" with "Native", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

As authentic South Texas barbecue includes things like the head (and, by extension, lengua, or tongue) and offal, it has not caught on outside of its native area (the fast casual chain Chipotle offers barbacoa as a meat option, but it cannot be called authentic).

Source: Useful Notes / Cuisines in America
Hearing actors speaking one's native language also allows the audience to catch subtle non-verbal parts of a performance, which many times is part of the "authentic" viewing experience the original was shooting for.

Source: Subbing vs. Dubbing
Braids, Beads and Buckskins: Surprisingly realistic; the Native tribesmen wear homespun like their colonist neighbors, and both they and the colonist wear leather breeches and authentic hairstyles for the most part.

Source: Film / The Last of the Mohicans aka: Last Of The Mohicans

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