truther

noun

truth·er ˈtrü-thər

plural truthers

: someone who believes that the truth about an important subject or event is being concealed from the public by a powerful conspiracy

He isn't a 9/11 truther, as some erroneously allege, but he has his fair share of "out there" beliefs.—

Felix Biederman

But it is not flattering to be called a "truther." The term originated, as far as anyone can tell, to characterize people who embraced alternative explanations for the Sept. 11 attacks.—

Mark Leibovich

… a so-called "truther," come to convince me that various gun massacres were staged by the federal government.—

Fred Grimm

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Opium is revered by Carti truthers who treat his 2020 album Whole Lotta Red as the Bible, and denigrated by non-believers as a bunch of edgelords who come off as wannabe Satan-worshipers. —

Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024 But none of that could be done without first executing a motion control shot that introduced Splinter and his many clones setting up a stage at a truther convention. —

Stacy Lambe, IndieWire, 18 July 2024 According to the Maui truthers, it can be found in the aforementioned Falcon 9 launch photo from May 2018. —

Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2023 Decidedly not the former liberal feminist writer turned far-out Covid truther Naomi Wolf? —

Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for truther