authorship has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ noun ] (writing) the act of creating written works

Examples

"writing was a form of therapy for him" "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

And listening to such a conversation one morning while taking a cup of chocolate in a cafe , Rousseau found himself bathed in perspiration , trembling lest his authorship become known , and at_the_same_time dreaming of the startling effect he would make if he should proclaim himself suddenly as the composer .

2
[ noun ] the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing

Synonyms

paternity

Examples

"the authorship of the theory is disputed"

Related terms

initiation

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