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I was reading a back issue of "The Straight Dope" concerning the first Apollo moon landing and whether it really ever happened or was a gigantic hoax. In that article, the writer (not Cecil) used the word "conspiracist." Further research on this board reveals that the term has been thrice used within our hearing (or reading) in AWAD posts. What think ye of this word?
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I like it more than "functionality".
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so, I take it means someone who espouses or believes in a conspiracy, as opposed to a conspirator?
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I think it means more than that. The Straight Dope concludes its article, after debunking the "there was no moon landing and it was all filmed in the Nevada dessert" theory, by saying:
"There will always be people who claim a conspiracy for just about anything. Facts will be ignored, rational people will be amazed and dismayed. And Cecil will continue to try to fight ignorance, against all odds."
My sense is that THOSE are the conspiracists.
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well, I think that's what Cecil wants you to think....
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Collusion in (lunar) discriminatory practices?
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this word is to be found in a handful of (real) dictionaries -- e.g. AHD4, Compact OED -- defined as one holding a conspiracy theory.
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What think ye of this word?
Seems OK to me and necessary. (I've known a couple of conspiracists in my day.) What's wrong with it?
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