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conspiracist, n. and a.
Brit. |kənˈspɪrəsɪst|, U.S. |kənˈspɪrəsəst|
[‹ conspiracy n. + -ist suffix. Compare later conspiracism n.]
A. n. A conspiracy theorist; a believer in or advocate of conspiracism.
1975Washington Post 17 Sept. a27/1 Second-order conspiracists might contend that American intelligence authorities deliberately withheld information. 1991Sunday Tel. 1 Sept. 17/1 The conspiracists..are never satisfied with an established and uncontroversial explanation. For them nothing can be what it seems. 2001U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Feb. 67/3 Marvel as conspiracists discern dark links between the World Bank, the United Nations, and figures as diverse as Clinton, Bush, and Prince Charles.
B. adj. (attrib.). Of, designating, or characteristic of a conspiracist; that believes in or advocates conspiracism.
1975Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Reporter 20 Sept. 4/3 Conspiracist lecturers continue to draw crowds on college campuses. 1985F. P. Mintz Liberty Lobby & Amer. Right i. 23 The demise of this once widely read periodical signified the discrediting of conspiracist anti-Semitic nativism. 1999Observer (Nexis) 11 July 28 What..of the favourite conspiracist explanation of the British gold sales, that it is a plot to shore up the euro? |