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flat-earther

flat-earther

1 9.0
A person who believes the Earth is flat
  • noun
  • /flæt ˈɜrˌθər/
translation icon : terraplanista
  • Many flat-earthers gather online to discuss their theories about the Earth's shape.

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.

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Examples

  • This was a bit like discovering your geography teacher was a flat earther.

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  • Scientists don't take flat earthers seriously, and I can see where they're coming from, but I think it's a mistake.

  • What about why flat earthers believe what they believe?

  • 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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  • That wouldn't really put all the flat earthers to bed, right?

  • Why is it that these flat earthers are always just like the simplest?

  • They cannot be simply dismissed as 'flat-earthers' or 'deniers.'

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  • 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.

Synonyms

Earther
vsflat-earther
  • Slang
5 9.9

A person who believes the Earth is flat

focuses on active opposition to scientific consensus rather than just claiming it
flat earther
vsflat-earther
  • Informal
1 9.9

A person who believes the Earth is flat

is described as opposing scientific consensus not merely stating a belief

Surface Forms

flat-earther singular
flat-earthers plural

Morphology

flat-earther = flat-earth (semi-transparent) = flat + earth + er

The structure is clear as 'flat-earth' plus the agentive suffix '-er', but the meaning is specialized to a believer in the flat-Earth theory.

Etymology

Flat-earther comes from joining flat ('level, not round') and Earth ('the planet') with -er ('a person'). So, a flat-earther is someone who believes the Earth is flat, even though science shows it is round.