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Earther

Earther

5 9.9
A person who believes the Earth is flat
  • noun
  • /ˈɜrθər/
  • Slang
translation icon : terraplanista
  • Scientists don't take flat earthers seriously, and I can see where they're coming from, but I think it's a mistake.
  • flat-Earthers

And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.

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Examples

  • What about why flat earthers believe what they believe?

  • Did you know that there are flat earthers out there?

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  • So, you know, social network X is not allowing flat earther to to share anything.

  • Have you ever seen a genuine Flat Earther even on the internet?

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  • His only community are other flat earthers in this group.

  • And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.

  • If I ever meet a flat-earther, I would hope to be as polite.

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  • But there are some flat-earthers out there who still consider the existence of a supreme deity to be either necessary, or self-evident, or both.

  • I feel it's disingenuous for people in the physics community to roll their eyes at flat Earthers if they haven't read their arguments.

  • Many flat earthers believe that the evidence supporting a spherical Earth is fabricated.

Synonyms

flat-earther
vsEarther
1 9.0

A person who believes the Earth is flat

does not stress opposition to scientific consensus
flat earther
vsEarther
  • Informal
1 9.9

A person who believes the Earth is flat

does not link belief to conspiracy theory

Compounds

flat earther
  • Informal
1 9.9

A person who believes the Earth is flat

1 9.0

A person who believes the Earth is flat

Surface Forms

Earther singular
Earthers plural

Morphology

Earther = earth (semi-transparent) = earth + er

The word is built from 'earth' + agentive '-er', but this sense is a conventionalized label for flat-Earth believers rather than a fully predictable compositional meaning.

Etymology

Earther comes from Earth + -er, the same way 'baker' is one who bakes, so it simply means 'a person connected with Earth'. One common use is to mean 'a person who believes the Earth is flat', which the word marks by showing that person's relation to the Earth.