Authenticism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A belief in the superiority of the authentic over the inauthentic. uncountable, usually

    "Sinclair Lewis claimed that American letters exemplified a divorce of intellectual life from authenticism and reality."

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"Sinclair Lewis claimed that American letters exemplified a divorce of intellectual life from authenticism and reality."

Etymology

From authentic + -ism.

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