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authorship

noun authorships · authourship

  1. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.

    Similar: authorhood

  2. countable, uncountable The source; the origin; the origination. We are unaware of the authorship of this book.

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Closest in meaning: penning, writing, composition, author, writer, authoring, originator, identification, handwriting, collaboration, attribution, copyright, proposer, sponsor, origin, acknowledgment

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noun quality or state of being an author

Españolautoría
Françaispaternité
DeutschAutorschaft
Italianopaternità
Русскийа́вторство ávtorstvo

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@misc{authorship_2026,
  title = {authorship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/authorship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}