conspiracist
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who puts forward a conspiracy theory.
Example Sentences
- "[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."
- "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)."
- "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, […]"
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.