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autoría

authorship

noun ow-toh-REE-ah Rare

Usage Note

Autoría denotes the quality or fact of being the author of a work, deed, or crime. It is common in legal language (autoría intelectual = intellectual authorship, i.e. masterminding a crime) and in literary criticism. Do not confuse it with autoridad (authority), which looks similar but means power or expertise.

Examples

"La autoría del poema sigue en disputa."

Natural Translation

The authorship of the poem remains disputed.

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