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auteurist

auteurist adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of auteurism.

Adjective

auteurist (comparative more auteurist, superlative most auteurist)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of auteurism.
    • In the case of documentaries, our thinking tends to be less warped and biased, if only because the auteurist sensibility has never been too comfortable outside of fiction.1988 February 5, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Process of Illumination”, in Chicago Reader
    Synonyms:
    auteuristic

Noun

auteurist (plural auteurists)

  1. A proponent of auteurism

Synonyms of auteurist

Forms of auteurist

Adjective
comparativemore auteurist
superlativemost auteurist
Noun
pluralauteurists

Origin of auteurist

From auteur + -ist.

Words formed from auteurist

Questions about auteurist

What does auteurist mean?
Auteurist means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of auteurism.
What part of speech is auteurist?
Auteurist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near auteurist in the dictionary

  1. auteur theory
  2. auteured
  3. auteurial
  4. auteuring
  5. auteurism
  6. auteurist
  7. auteuristic
  8. auteurists
  9. auteurs
  10. auteurship
  11. autexousious

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