different between authentic vs rockism

English

Alternative forms

• authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English authentik, from Old French autentique, from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (authentikós, “principal, genuine”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (authént?s, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?.???n.t?k/, /?.???n.t?k/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?.???n.t?k/

Adjective

authentic (comparative more authentic, superlative most authentic)

1. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

   The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

2. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

   The report was completely authentic.

   an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information

3. (music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
4. (obsolete) authoritative
   • 1641, John Milton, Of Prelatical Episcopacy.

Synonyms

• (of the claimed origin): genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked
• (conforming to fact): reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfaked

Antonyms

• (not of the claimed origin): phony, fake; ingenuine, inauthentic, unauthentic

Derived terms

Translations

References

• authentic at OneLook Dictionary Search
• authentic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• authentic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From rock +? -ism. See rock music.

Noun

rockism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) A kind of music snobbery that views rock music as superior or normative and values music with "authentic" production values over modern "manufactured" and electronic forms.

   Antonyms: popism, poptimism

   • 2005, J. T. LeRoy, Paul Bresnick, Da Capo best music writing 2005 (page 133)

     You literally can't fight rockism, because the language of righteous struggle is the language of rockism itself.

   • 2008, Philip Auslander, Liveness: performance in a mediatized culture (page 126)

     Broadly speaking, rockism is the belief that rock is the most important form of popular music […]

Derived terms

• rockist