Authentic and Pure

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Authentic

Authentic adjective - Being exactly as appears or as claimed.

Usage example: found an authentic Native American arrowhead

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Pure is a synonym for authentic in real topic. In some cases you can use "Pure" instead an adjective "Authentic", when it comes to topics like genuine.

Nearby Words: authenticate, authentication, authenticity, authentically

Pure

Pure adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

Usage example: that story is pure nonsense

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Authentic is a synonym for pure in unmixed topic. Sometimes you can use "Authentic" instead an adjective "Pure", if it concerns topics such as genuine, flawless.

Nearby Words: purify, purity, purely

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In the 1951 version of Scrooge, Tiny Tim is first seen gazing into a shop window with (authentic Victorian) mechanical toys - including a laughing-man doll that's pure nightmare fuel.

Source: Creepy Doll
When a modern day nurse can do cart-wheels in an authentic armor one realises that "literary tropes of the 19th through 20th century" that exemplified the clunkiness and slowness of the armored knight were just that: pure fiction.

Source: Lightning Bruiser / Real Life
Unlike Satsujinken fighters who believe the most authentic meaning of martial arts is to kill opponents to prove martial superiority, those who walk the path of Gedou seem to just fight and fight for the pure sake of it, until they themselves are destroyed.

Source: Opposing Combat Philosophies

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