authorship

au·thor·ship  (ôthr-shp)

n.

1. The act, fact, or occupation of writing.

2. Source or origin, as of a book or idea: a poem of disputed authorship.

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authorship [ˈɔːθəˌʃɪp]

n

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the origin or originator of a written work, plan, etc. a book of unknown authorship

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the profession of writing books

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	authorship - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" penning, writing, composition verbal creation - creating something by the use of speech and language adoxography - fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects; "Elizabethan schoolboys were taught adoxography, the art of eruditely praising worthless things"; "adoxography is particularly useful to lawyers" drafting - writing a first version to be filled out and polished later dramatisation, dramatization - conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a dramatization of a short story" fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization - writing in a fictional form historiography - the writing of history metrification - writing a metrical composition (or the metrical structure of a composition) novelisation, novelization - converting something into the form of a novel redaction - the act of putting something in writing lexicography - the act of writing dictionaries versification - the art or practice of writing verse indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper) ghostwrite, ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"
	2.	authorship - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" paternity founding, instauration, origination, initiation, innovation, creation, institution, introduction, foundation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

Translations

authorship [ˈɔːθəʃɪp] N

1. [of book etc] → autoría f
of unknown authorship → de autor desconocido

2. (= profession) → profesión f de autor

authorship [ˈɔːθə^rʃɪp] n [book, poem, letter] → paternité f

authorship

n

→ Autorschaft f, → Verfasserschaft f; of unknown authorship → eines unbekannten Autors or Verfassers; he claimed/denied authorship of the article → er bekannte/bestritt, den Artikel verfasst or geschrieben zu haben; there are disagreements as to the authorship of the play → der Autor des Stückes ist umstritten

(= occupation) → Schriftstellerberuf m

authorship [ˈɔːθəˌʃɪp] n → paternità (letteraria)