authenticist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or espousing authenticism, a belief in the superiority of the authentic over the inauthentic.
noun
A person who espouses authenticism
Example Sentences
- "Polls invariably indicate that most of America's 53 million Catholics are not authenticists."
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.