authenticist

English

Etymology

authentic +‎ -ist

Adjective

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.

Noun

authenticist (plural authenticists)

  1. 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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