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Definition of authorship : 1. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
2. The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

Synonyms:

piece of music, origination, paper, opus, invention, composing, written material, paternity, typography, doing, edit, production, censorship, piece, theme, piece of writing, creative writing, physical composition, editorial, bestselling, making, pen name, musical composition, makeup, make-up, signature, instigation, fatherhood, pagination, report, committal to writing, authorial, penning, initiation, creation, cut, constitution

formulation, composition, literature, handwriting, portrayal, notation, typescript, recording, correspondence, ghostwriting, rewriting, writing, calligraphy, journalism, transcription

Usage examples:

• Was I not the one man in Pesaro who already knew his true nature, as revealed by that matter of the verses which I had written, and of which he had assumed the authorship? - "The Shame of Motley", Raphael Sabatini.
• The date and authorship of the play are unknown; it probably belongs to the Fifth Century B. C., and is attributed to Euripides. - "The Rhesus of Euripedes", Euripedes.
• She then turned her hand to authorship, but with no better success. - "Strange Pages from Family Papers", T. F. Thiselton Dyer.