truther

English

Alternative forms

troofer (slang, derogatory, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuθɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːθə/
Hyphenation: truth‧er

Noun

truther (plural truthers)

(US, colloquial) Someone who tells the truth. [from 20th c.]
- 1915, Daily Leader, 14 July:
  A liar can't begin to start the riots a truther can.
(colloquial, chiefly US) Someone who believes that the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. [from 21st c.]
- 2005, "Gold9472" (2005-02-14), “BREAKING NEWS: Dick Cheney Behind 9/11 Attacks - MUST READ - PLEASE”, in talk.politics.theory, Usenet‎, archived from the original on {{{archivedate}}}
  [signed] 9/11 Truther
- 2006, George Washington, Social Proof, George Washington's Blog, 26 May:
  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.
- 2009, David Ignatius, Reading Iran by the Letter, The Washington Post, 20 September:
  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.
(by extension) A conspiracy theorist who does not believe the accepted story about some significant event, fact, etc. [from 21st c.]
- 2013, D. Wittkower, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy:
  For instance, "truthers" who believe in a US government conspiracy to destroy the pentagon
- 2014, Lori Badura, Tell It Like It Isn't, page 226:
  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, Ralph Cinque, A review of the trailer of James Lambert's new film, alt.assassination.jfk:
  I am calling your attention to it because I think that we JFK truthers may be able to use this film to our advantage.

Hypernyms

conspiracy theorist
conspirophile

Derived terms

trutherism

单词	truther
释义	truther English Alternative forms troofer (slang, derogatory, pronunciation spelling) Etymology From truth +‎ -er (occupational suffix) or +‎ -er (“supporter”). For sense 2, directly from name of the 9/11 Truth movement. Pronunciation (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuθɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːθə/ Hyphenation: truth‧er Noun truther (plural truthers) (US, colloquial) Someone who tells the truth. [from 20th c.] 1915, Daily Leader, 14 July: A liar can't begin to start the riots a truther can. (colloquial, chiefly US) Someone who believes that the US government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. [from 21st c.] 2005, "Gold9472" (2005-02-14), “BREAKING NEWS: Dick Cheney Behind 9/11 Attacks - MUST READ - PLEASE”, in `talk.politics.theory`, Usenet‎, archived from the original on {{{archivedate}}} [signed] 9/11 Truther 2006, George Washington, Social Proof, George Washington's Blog, 26 May: 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. 2009, David Ignatius, Reading Iran by the Letter, The Washington Post, 20 September: 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. (by extension) A conspiracy theorist who does not believe the accepted story about some significant event, fact, etc. [from 21st c.] 2013, D. Wittkower, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: For instance, "truthers" who believe in a US government conspiracy to destroy the pentagon 2014, Lori Badura, Tell It Like It Isn't, page 226: 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, Ralph Cinque, A review of the trailer of James Lambert's new film, alt.assassination.jfk: I am calling your attention to it because I think that we JFK truthers may be able to use this film to our advantage. Hypernyms conspiracy theorist conspirophile Derived terms trutherism See also anti-vaxxer birther deather denier flat-earther occupier prepper Further reading 9/11 Truth movement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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truther

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