Authority and Name

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Name and authority are semantically related In some cases you can use "Name" instead a noun "Authority".

Name noun - A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known.

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Authority and name are semantically related in expert topic. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Name".

Nearby Words: named, nameless, naming

human	human authority	human name
old	old authority	old name
good	good authority	good name
female	female authority	female name
Other adjectives: full, formal, true, legal, proper, single, actual, real, male, personal, secret, new, official, last, said, civilian.

Morgan actually hates his son, but lets him use his name and authority as long as it doesn't put a dent in his ego.

Source: Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!
The Badawans undermine Count Dooku's intimidation and authority over the class by pointing out that the name "Dooku" sounds similar to "Doo-doo".

Source: Western Animation / LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
This fallacy name is commonly applied to two similar but distinctly different fallacies: Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Irrelevant Authority.

Source: Appeal to Authority

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