Meanings
nounauthentication (countable and uncountable, plural authentications)
plural authentications
- countableuncountableSomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something; or the process of doing so.
strong authentication
2 more examples
document authentication
The museum required scientific tests for the authentication of the painting.
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
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hallmarkassay-mark
nounvalidating the authenticity of something or someone
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinauthenticō
- Englishauthenticate
- Englishauthentication
From authenticate + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُصَادَقَة, اِسْتِيثَاق
- مُصَادَقَة (muṣādaqa)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- اِسْتِيثَاق (istīṯāq)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Bulgarian идентифика́ция, автентика́ция
- идентифика́ция (identifikácija)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- автентика́ция (avtentikácija)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Catalan autenticació
- autenticacióproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Chinese Mandarin 認證 /认证, 鑒權 /鉴权
- 認證 /认证 (rènzhèng)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- 鑒權 /鉴权 (jiànquán)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Czech autentizace, autentifikace
- autentizaceproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- autentifikaceproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Dutch authenticatie, authentificatie
- authenticatieproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- authentificatieproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Esperanto aŭtentokontrolo
- aŭtentokontroloproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Estonian tõendus, autentimine
- tõendusproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- autentimineproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Finnish todennus
- todennusproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
French certification, authentification
- certificationsomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- authentificationproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
German Authentifikation
- Authentifikationproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Greek αυθεντικοποίηση, πιστοποίηση
- αυθεντικοποίηση (afthentikopoíisi)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- πιστοποίηση (pistopoíisi)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- ταυτοποίηση (taftopoíisi)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Hungarian eredetigazolás, eredetiségigazolás
- eredetigazolássomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- eredetiségigazolássomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- hitelesítésproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- autentikációproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Italian autenticazione, autenticazione
- autenticazionesomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- autenticazioneproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Japanese 認証
- 認証 (ninshō)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Korean 인증
- 인증 (injeung)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Latvian autentifikācija
- autentifikācijaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Māori hāponotanga, whakatūturutanga
- hāponotangasomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- whakatūturutangasomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- motuhēhēngaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Norwegian Bokmål autentisering
- autentiseringproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Persian اصالتسنجی
- اصالتسنجی (esâlat-sanji)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Polish uwierzytelnianie, autentyfikacja
- uwierzytelnianieproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- autentyfikacjaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Portuguese autenticação, autenticação
- autenticaçãosomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- autenticaçãoproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Romanian autentificare
- autentificareproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Russian идентифика́ция, аутентифика́ция
- идентифика́ция (idɛntifikácija)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- аутентифика́ция (autɛntifikácija)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Slovak autentifikácia, autentizácia
- autentifikáciaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- autentizáciaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Spanish autenticación, autentificación
- autenticaciónsomething which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
- autentificaciónproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- autenticaciónproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Swahili uthibitishaji
- uthibitishajiproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Swedish autentisering
- autentiseringproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Turkish kimlik doğrulama, kimlik kanıtlama
- kimlik doğrulamaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- kimlik kanıtlamaproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- tevsikproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Ukrainian ідентифіка́ція, автентифіка́ція
- ідентифіка́ція (identyfikácija)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
- автентифіка́ція (avtentyfikácija)proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Vietnamese xác thực
- xác thựcproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Welsh dilysiad
- dilysiadproof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with authentication
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
authentication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authentication
MLA
“authentication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authentication. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “authentication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authentication.
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