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conspiracist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English conspiracy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conspiracist From conspiracy + -ist.

Meanings

  1. Related to conspiracy theories.
    • The conspiracist worldview that presumes a wholly designed universe is similar, and with a conspiracy theory, the holder of the belief in some ways imagines themselves as the detective or investigator, […] 2020, Marcus Gilroy-Ware, After the Fact?, Repeater, →ISBN:

Forms

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more conspiracist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most conspiracist Degree=Sup lexicographic

conspiracist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English conspiracy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English conspiracist From conspiracy + -ist.

Meanings

  1. A person who puts forward a conspiracy theory.
    • [Kevin] Phillips's method is pretty conventional for conspiracists – he takes a single issue or set of data points and constructs an all-explaining story line to show how hidden cabals are controlling America. 2006 May 4, David Brooks, “The Paranoid Style”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • As this business model developed, InfoWars’ shows, hosted by an array of conspiracists alongside [Alex] Jones, such as British conspiracist Paul Joseph Watson, became increasingly punctuated by ad breaks and product placement, in a way that one journalist described as like “the QVC for racist uncles” (Lamoureux, 2017). 2020, Marcus Gilroy-Ware, After the Fact?, Repeater, →ISBN:

Forms

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conspiracists Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

conspiracy theorist