authenticist
English
Etymology
authentic + -ist
Adjective
authenticist (comparative more authenticist, superlative most authenticist)
- Of, pertaining to, or espousing authenticism, a belief in the superiority of the authentic over the inauthentic.
Noun
authenticist (plural authenticists)
- A person who espouses authenticism
- 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:
- Polls invariably indicate that most of America's 53 million Catholics are not authenticists.
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Related terms
- authenticism