truther

noun
/ˈtɹuθɚ/US/ˈtɹuːθə/UK

Etymology

From truth + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (“supporter”). For sense 2, directly from name of the 9/11 Truth movement.

Definitions

  1. Someone who tells the truth.

    • A liar can't begin to start the riots a truther can.
  2. Someone who believes that the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

    • [signed] 9/11 Truther
  3. A conspiracy theorist who does not believe the accepted story about some significant…

    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 pentagon
    • 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
    • I am calling your attention to it because I think that we JFK truthers may be able to use this film to our advantage.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An advocate, especially for a headcanon.

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Derived

trutherism

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for truther. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA