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theorist

[thee-er-ist, theer-] / ˈθi ər ɪst, ˈθɪər- /
NOUN
philosopher
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I suggested he sounded like a conspiracy theorist, implying the whole world was out to get him.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

They include four US House hopefuls and six candidates for governor, among them conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell in Minnesota.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The influencer said when people find out that she listens to Owens, they often mock her and call her a conspiracy theorist.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

A conspiracy theorist subscribes with unshakable faith to an ideological worldview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Born in 1871 to a handyman and his wife in New Zealand when it was a remote outpost of the British Empire, Rutherford became an intuitive theorist and the preeminent experimental physicist of his age.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The use of Q phrases by government agencies during wartime has excited online conspiracy theorists.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Meanwhile, theorists such as Russian cosmologist Alexander Friedmann took Einstein's equations more literally and developed the theoretical foundation that would help support the Big Bang theory.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Still not sure what that means,” Sumner wrote on social media, “but some analytic number theorists seem excited.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

The belief, which air theorists had propagated since the onset of combat planes in World War I, seemed confirmed by the results of World War II. However, the U.S.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

There were still, out there, handfuls of committed Pearl Harbor theorists.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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