Meanings
comparative more hyperauthentic · superlative most hyperauthentic
- Very highly authentic.
Isn’t this hyperauthentic narrative of Vietnamese victimhood just the sort of thing calculated to tug at the heartstrings — and wallets — of liberal American readers?
2008 June 8, Hari Kunzru, “Outside Ethnicity”, in New York Times1 more example
To overcome that lingering legacy, the younger Bush was all but compelled to become almost hyperauthentic in his Texan identity, and it was a role he took to with much gusto.
2004, John Karaagac, The fate of the father: the Bush policy paradox, page 23
Origin
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