Dictionary

authenticist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.

Meanings

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

Forms

authenticist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Relateds

authenticism