inauthentic
എസ്
definition
adjective
the Holy Shroud of Turin is thought to have been proved inauthentic by radiocarbon dating
not in fact what it is said to be.
example
It implies that there are literary forms and styles, literary subjects and interests, that are likewise 'inauthentic' and consequently inappropriate for ethnic writers.
He comes across as a shallow, inarticulate man, simplistic in speech and 'inauthentic' in manner.
That I might be one day disingenuous, 'inauthentic' , think too much of myself, imagine that I know something more than somebody else knows and get run away - let this thing run away with me.
So much is still obscure, corrupt and 'inauthentic' in Ukrainian politics, but at the very heart of this change is something very authentic: human beings hoping to take control of their own destiny.
Developers are turning new downtowns - flush with corporate chains like GAP and Starbucks - into a cartoonish, 'inauthentic' version of American downtowns of yesteryear.
The subject was of course CBS's grudging acknowledgement that the 60 Minutes documents might possibly be 'inauthentic' .
Imagine a generation of American teenagers starting Kabuki theatre groups in their garages, and you have some idea of the problem - 'inauthentic' doesn't even begin to describe it.
But I started talking about my sex life because what is causing me problems in my work life is feeling dishonest, feeling 'inauthentic' , and feeling insecure.
By suggesting that voices of protest are somehow alien and 'inauthentic' , those in authority seek to cloud the issues and evade accountability for their own actions.
And yet, DeMille was routinely ignored, dismissed or devalued by the critics as old fashioned, 'inauthentic' and disingenuous.
Protestants traditionally rejected the Apocrypha precisely because these books were fabricated and contained 'inauthentic' material, despite the fact that these books might have been useful for evangelism.
A possible reason for Saigon's weakness was made evident on departure, when we discovered that the restaurateurs had never been to Vietnam - thus explaining the slightly 'inauthentic' food on offer.
Everyone is a caricature, manufactured and 'inauthentic' .
Popular culture is decadent and degenerate, and we're doomed as a civilisation to a relentless decline into 'inauthentic' , commercialised pap.
In so many places, real life has retreated, squeezed out by the 'inauthentic' and the superficial.
And to whom, exactly, do these documents look 'inauthentic' ?
On the other hand, if a woman artist speaks of militarism, imperialism, war and capitalism, she is still frequently rapped on her knuckles for 'inauthenticity' , for transgressing into areas beyond her area of competence.
Of course there are levels of 'inauthenticity' , from reference and emulation to willful trickery, parody and outright forgery.
The author claims that historical, iconographic, pathological, physical, and chemical evidence points to 'inauthenticity' .
Another worry that many people have is that exercising virtue may require us to suppress our natural desires and inclinations and therefore to act 'inauthentically' .
After all, he works in an organization where 'inauthenticity' reigns, where little truth is told, and where executives wouldn't know a feeling if it hit them in the face.
For the most part, Heidegger would say we live 'inauthentically' , and only in certain key moments is authentic existence a possibility.
What makes this very funny book a very serious one is the way it uses the ongoing question of authenticity and 'inauthenticity' to explore some basic problems of contemporary American culture.
We rationalize when we 'inauthentically' offer reasons to support our claim.
To exist in this way is to exist 'inauthentically' .
In Heidegger's Being and Time, Biro reminds the reader, beings usually inhabit the world 'inauthentically' .
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