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hyperauthentic en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + authentic.

Meanings

1. Very highly authentic.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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