hyperauthentic

adj

hyperauthentic

adj

Etymology From hyper- + authentic.

1

Very highly authentic.

  • 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:
  • 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 Times:

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