birtherism

noun

birth·​er·​ism ˈbər-thər-ˌi-zəm 

variants or less commonly Birtherism

: belief in or endorsement of any of various discredited claims that former U.S. president Barack Obama is not a natural-born U.S. citizen and therefore was not constitutionally eligible to be president of the United States

Examples of birtherism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lemon pointed to Trump’s history of criticizing Obama, including with the birtherism conspiracy that falsely claimed Obama was not American-born and was Muslim. — Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025

That decline was followed by birtherism and other hysterias, along with the transformation of the House of Representatives into a content farm for Fox News. — Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

birther entry 1 + -ism

First Known Use

2009, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for birtherism

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