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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

authorship
    n 1: the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of
         therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
         [syn: writing, authorship, composition, penning]
    2: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the
       authorship of the theory is disputed" [syn: authorship,
       paternity]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Authorship \Au"thor*ship\, n.
   1. The quality or state of being an author; function or
      dignity of an author.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book
      or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Authorship:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

artistry, authorcraft, automatic writing, beginning, cacoethes scribendi, coinage, composition, conception, concoction, contrivance, contriving, creation, creative effort, creative writing, devising, drama-writing, editorial-writing, essay-writing, expository writing, fabrication, facility in writing, feature-writing, generation, graphomania, graphorrhea, graphospasm, hatching, improvisation, inditement, invention, journalism, libretto-writing, literary artistry, literary composition, literary power, literary production, literary talent, making do, mintage, novel-writing, origination, pen, pencraft, playwriting, ready pen, rewriting, short-story writing, skill with words, technical writing, verse-writing, writing

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