truther
nounUS /ˈtɹuθɚ/ · UK /ˈtɹuːθə/
Etymology From truth + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (“supporter”). For sense 2, directly from name of the 9/11 Truth movement.
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US, Colloquial Someone who tells the truth.
- A liar can't begin to start the riots a truther can.1915 July 14, Daily Leader:
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US, Colloquial Someone who believes that the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
- [signed] 9/11 Truther2005 February 14, "Gold9472", “BREAKING NEWS: Dick Cheney Behind 9/11 Attacks - MUST READ - PLEASE”, in talk.politics.theory (Usenet), retrieved 29 Jan 2019, message-ID <b3feba8653cd9959ed2080c10a1ed1d0@localhost.talkaboutgovernment.com>:
- Therefore, virtually every press release or statement about 9/11 should include a reference to the poll to show people that many Americans are 9/11 truthers who scoff at the 9/11 Commission as a fraud and that demand a real 9/11 investigation.2006, George Washington, Social Proof, George Washington's Blog, 26 May
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- The Iranian president is even a "truther," insisting that there was a hidden hand behind Sept. 11, 2001. "Could it be planned and executed without coordination with intelligence and security services — or their extensive infiltration?" he mused in the letter to Bush.2009 September 20, David Ignatius, “Reading Iran by the Letter”, in The Washington Post:
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Broadly A conspiracy theorist who does not believe the accepted story about some significant event, fact, etc.
- For instance, "truthers" who believe in a US government conspiracy to destroy the pentagon2013, D. Wittkower, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy:
- Rather, believers of this conspiracy theory (known as Sandy Hook “truthers”) propose that the entire event might have been staged by Homeland Security and FEMA[2014, Lori Badura, Tell It Like It Isn't, page 226:
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- I am calling your attention to it because I think that we JFK truthers may be able to use this film to our advantage.2014, Ralph Cinque, “A review of the trailer of James Lambert's new film”, in alt.assassination.jfk (Usenet):
- Derived terms
- trutherism
- Related terms
- anti-vaxxer, birther, deather, denier, flat-earther, occupier, prepper
- Hypernyms
- conspiracy theorist, conspirophile