Authenticist

Origin

authentic + -ist

Full definition of authenticist

Adjective

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

Noun

1. A person who espouses authenticism
• 1988, May 6, Robert McClory, The Divine Right, Polls invariably indicate that most of America's 53 million Catholics are not authenticists.

Related terms

• authenticism