authenticist

English

Etymology

From 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.

Related terms

• authenticism