authenticist

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or espousing authenticism, a belief in the superiority of the authentic over the inauthentic.

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Meanings

adjectiveauthenticist (comparative more authenticist, superlative most authenticist)

comparative more authenticist · superlative most authenticist

  1. Of, pertaining to, or espousing authenticism, a belief in the superiority of the authentic over the inauthentic.
nounauthenticist (plural authenticists)

plural authenticists

  1. A person who espouses authenticism

    Polls invariably indicate that most of America's 53 million Catholics are not authenticists.

    1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From authentic + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

authenticist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authenticist

MLA

“authenticist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authenticist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “authenticist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/authenticist.

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