authorship
authorship noun: the quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
Noun
authorship (countable and uncountable, plural authorships)
- The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
- Synonyms:
- authorhood
- The source; the origin; the origination.
- We are unaware of the authorship of this book.
authorship meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Sanskrit
authorship in Tamil
- நுலாசிரியர் தொழில்
authorship in Marathi
- authorship, agent of an action
- कर्तृत्व kartrutva
authorship in Sanskrit
- quality or state of being an author
- कर्तृत्व kartṛtva
Examples of authorship in a sentence
- Strangelove) in order to determine how Kubrick's authorship is framed paratextually.
- Procedural and generative cybertext work undermines the concept of authorship and encourages the discussion about 'cyborg authorship'
- “Human authorship is a precondition to copyrightability.”
Synonyms of authorship
Forms of authorship
| plural | authorships |
|---|---|
| alternative form | authourship |
Origin of authorship
From author + -ship.
Words formed from authorship
Questions about authorship
- What does authorship mean?
- Authorship means the quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
- What is authorship in Tamil?
- Authorship in Tamil is நுலாசிரியர் தொழில். See Authorship meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is authorship?
- Authorship is a noun.
- What is the plural of authorship?
- The plural of authorship is authorships.
Words near authorship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: authorship (page history and authors); authorship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कर्तृत्व (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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