authenticist

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From authentic + -ist.

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

noun

Etymology From authentic + -ist.

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:

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