conspiracy theorist

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈspɪɹ.ə.si ˌθɪəɹɪst/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈspɪɹ.ə.si ˌθi.ɚ.əst/, /- ˌθɪɚ.əst/, /- ˌθɪɚ.ɪst/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kənˈspɪɹ.ə.siː ˌθɪə.ɹəst/, /- ˌθiː.ə.ɹəst/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kɘnˈspɘɹ.ɘ.siː ˌθiə.ɹɘst/, /- ˌθiː.ɘ.ɹɘst/

Noun

conspiracy theorist (plural conspiracy theorists)

1. One who believes in, follows, or advances a conspiracy theory.

   Mike's a conspiracy theorist; he thinks NASA faked the moon landings.

   • 1993, Christopher Hitchens, For the Sake of Argument:

     And you may have noticed that those who are too quick to shout 'conspiracy theorist' are equally swift, when consequences for authority and consensus impend, to look serious and say 'It's more complicated than that.' These have become standard damage-control reflexes.

Synonyms

• conspiratard (slang, derogatory), conspiracist, conspirophile (rare)
• tinfoil hatter (slang, derogatory), truther
• conspiracy analyst (nonpejorative)

Translations

one who believes in a conspiracy theory

• Catalan: conspiracionista m or f, conspiranoic m (pejorative)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陰謀論者／阴谋论者 (yīnmóulùnzhě)

• Danish: konspirationsteoretiker c
• Dutch: aluhoedje (nl) n, complotdenker (nl) m, complottheoreticus m, samenzweringstheoreticus m
• Finnish: salaliittoteoreetikko (fi)
• French: complotiste (fr) m or f, conspirationniste (fr) m or f
• Galician: conspiracionista m or f, conspiranoico m (informal, pejorative)
• German: Verschwörungstheoretiker (de) m, Verschwörungstheoretikerin (de) f, Konspirationstheoretiker m, Konspirationstheoretikerin f
• Greek: συνωμοσιολόγος (el) m or f (synomosiológos)
• Hungarian: összeesküvés-elméletben hívő, összeesküvés-elmélet híve
• Italian: complottista (it) m
• Malay: tahi konspirasi (derogatory, vulgar, slang)
• Polish: teoretyk spiskowy m, teoretyczka spiskowa f, foliarz (pl) m, foliara f
• Portuguese: conspiracionista (pt) m or f, conspirólogo m, conspiranoico m (informal, pejorative)
• Russian: теоре́тик за́говора m (teorétik zágovora), конспиро́лог (ru) m (konspirólog)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: теоретичар завере m, теоретичарка завере f, теоретичар завјере m, теоретичарка завјере f, теоретичар уроте m, теоретичарка уроте f

  Roman: teoretičar zavere m, teoretičarka zavere f, teoretičar zavjere m, teoretičarka zavjere f, teoretičar urote m, teoretičarka urote f

• Spanish: conspiracionista m or f, conspirólogo m, conspiranoico m (informal, pejorative)
• Swedish: konspirationsteoretiker (sv) c

See also

• (US) crackpot (slang)
• (UK) crank (slang)