The phrase "authentic greatness" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a genuine or true form of excellence or superiority in a person, work, or achievement.
Example: "The artist's latest exhibition showcases authentic greatness, reflecting years of dedication and passion in her craft."
Alternatives: "genuine excellence" or "true greatness".
An extraordinary work of self-creation, Emerson's 55 years of journals are his authentic greatness, insofar as his writing could convey the apparent miracle of his voice.
Add that to his haul of achievement – five Premier League titles, the Champions League, two League Cups and enough individual awards to fill a fleet of pantechnicons – and whatever you may think about his declining powers, or however much he intermittently disappoints us, the day will surely come when the majority of people have to accept that this constitutes authentic greatness.
This is about recognizing the authentic greatness that is at the very core of who you are.
It is just as maddening that at a time when we should be growing into authentic greatness as a nation leading from the front in a troubled world and demonstrating the meaning of ethical leadership and moral authority we are deep into the weeds of stupidity and injustice.
The Frenchman's critics will note that it says a good deal about him that he has to retreat so far to find an authentic moment of greatness.
Perhaps it is because Arsenal have had this kind of superstar, touched with an authentic form of sporting greatness, that makes it particularly hard for their supporters to accept the deterioration in the second phase of Arsène Wenger's reign and helps explain why, more than ever, they seem so dislocated from the people in charge of the club.
Great rivalries beget greatness.
The feeling that today's Jews are but pale reflections of a truer, authentic Jewish life; the feeling that Jewish greatness did once exist, but it was long ago; the feeling that some distant place and not the here-and-now was and is the authentic Jewish home -- those feelings do somehow spring up irrepressibly in the Jewish soul.
After the stock market crash in 1882, he left Paris to travel and seek the authentic life he believed would lead him to greatness.
Like a deer caught in headlights, these particular emotions instill a frigid self enforced crippling that can not possibly engender the surge of energy and greatness that comes as a result of true authentic creativity.
Remember: authentic, authentic, authentic.
