Authorship - Dictionary Definition and Overview

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

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

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

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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