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theorist

[thee-er-ist, theer-] / ˈθi ər ɪst, ˈθɪər- /
NOUN
philosopher
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It’s the classic mindset of the conspiracy theorist: The absence of proof of the conspiracy is simply proof of how deep the conspiracy goes!

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

"It's quite easy to make a version of that story where he's a sort of toxic incel male conspiracy theorist nut who you don't really sympathize with," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Take Roger Schank, an AI researcher and theorist who died in 2023.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

Does thinking of Martin Luther King Jr. as a game theorist sound far-fetched?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Their approaches to physics were divergent: Lawrence was an experimentalist nonpareil, Teller a profoundly intuitive theorist.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik