hyperauthentic

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ authentic.

Adjective

hyperauthentic (comparative more hyperauthentic, superlative most hyperauthentic)

  1. Very highly authentic.
    • 2004, John Karaagac, The fate of the father: the Bush policy paradox, page 23:
      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.
    • 2008 June 8, Hari Kunzru, “Outside Ethnicity”, in The New York Times Book Review‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 September 2025:
      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?
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