conspiracist

noun

con·​spir·​a·​cist kən-ˈspir-ə-sist How to pronounce conspiracist (audio)
: one who believes or promotes a conspiracy theory

Examples of conspiracist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Musk has also allowed the return of toxic accounts previously banned for breaching the platform’s policies, including the accounts of white supremacist Nick Fuentes and school shooting conspiracist Alex Jones. Isabel Fraser, WIRED, 18 July 2024 The conspiracists, more than the media or historians—and perhaps even more than Trump, who, beyond some predictable self-aggrandizement, has not noticeably changed his rhetoric since the shooting—will keep the story alive. Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 19 July 2024 Predictive programming is where conspiracists believe that the media hides messages in movies, songs, TV shows, whatever. Leah Feiger, WIRED, 11 July 2024 The conspiracists’ story goes something like this: The U.S. has been hiding and attempting to reverse engineer as many as 12 UAP/UFOs from as early as the 1960s and perhaps earlier. Sean Kirkpatrick, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for conspiracist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of conspiracist was in 1975

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“Conspiracist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspiracist. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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conspiracist

noun
con·​spir·​a·​cist kən-ˈspir-ə-sist How to pronounce conspiracist (audio)
: one who believes or promotes a conspiracy theory
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