Authorship (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The scholar carefully studied the original manuscripts to determine the true authorship of the ancient texts.
- The award-winning novelist's use of pseudonyms complicated the matter of authorship in her later works.
- The writer's claim of sole authorship of the screenplay was disputed by her collaborators.
- The issue of authorship was at the center of the heated debate surrounding the authenticity of the writer's memoir.
- The author's commitment to maintaining her anonymous authorship added an air of mystery to her literary success.
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Hyponyms
- Versification
- Redaction
- Fictionalisation
- Lexicography
- Historiography
- Metrification
- Adoxography
- Dramatization
- Fabrication
- Novelization
- Drafting
Related Words
Meaning 2
The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.