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 That said, scientists have long tried to decode the profile of a typical conspiracist. Keith Kloor, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2024 Even after people began combing through the documents, high-profile conspiracists were looking to bigger, better, and far less verifiable stories. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024 Interest in the specifics of Pizzagate waned in the next few years as the far-right QAnon conspiracist cult supplanted the theory and significantly broadened its scope. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024 Last week, Chambers spoke with school-shooting conspiracist Alex Jones about how the convoy planned to travel to the border to hunt migrants in collaboration with sympathetic law enforcement. David Gilbert, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024 In the view of his critics, Mr. Epstein was a conspiracist or something close to one. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024 Photograph: Getty Images Kari Lake Kari Lake, a former TV star turned election conspiracist, has been one of Trump’s most vocal supporters since losing her own election for governor in Arizona in 2022. David Gilbert, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2024 Leading up to the day, there had been concern about what a crowd of election deniers and conspiracists might do when their hero leader was brought before a judge. Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 The government announced that yes, there had been a cover-up at Roswell—just not the one that the UFO conspiracists wanted to believe. WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 19 Mar. 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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