authenticist

authenticist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English authentic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English authenticist

    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[1]:
        Polls invariably indicate that most of America's 53 million Catholics are not authenticists.
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