conspiracy theorist
noun
plural conspiracy theorists
: a person who proposes or believes in a conspiracy theory
Distrust of the numbers is why one group of dissenters—government conspiracy theorists—grow during pandemics.—
Hank Campbell
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Far-right conspiracy theorist and InfoWars owner Alex Jones on Thursday took steps to liquidate his assets in order to pay legal damages owed to victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 June 2024
The Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking permission from a bankruptcy court to liquidate his personal assets and deliver the proceeds to the Sandy Hook families who are owed more than $1.4 billion in damages for his lies about the 2012 school shooting.
—Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 7 June 2024
This bizarre and, at times, quite disturbing horror/sci-fi/comedy hybrid is strange and singular in a way that’s similar to Lanthimos’ work, telling the story of a conspiracy theorist who’s convinced that the CEO tied up in his basement is an alien intent on destroying the Earth.
—EW.com, 2 June 2024
With this intellectual lineage, conspiracy theorists are not about to back down from their truths, because their own scientific method possesses a historical claim as deeply entrenched as ours.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 7 June 2024
The Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking permission from a bankruptcy court to liquidate his personal assets and deliver the proceeds to the Sandy Hook families who are owed more than $1.4 billion in damages for his lies about the 2012 school shooting.
—Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 7 June 2024
This bizarre and, at times, quite disturbing horror/sci-fi/comedy hybrid is strange and singular in a way that’s similar to Lanthimos’ work, telling the story of a conspiracy theorist who’s convinced that the CEO tied up in his basement is an alien intent on destroying the Earth.
—EW.com, 2 June 2024
With this intellectual lineage, conspiracy theorists are not about to back down from their truths, because their own scientific method possesses a historical claim as deeply entrenched as ours.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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