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theorist

[thee-er-ist, theer-] / ˈθi ər ɪst, ˈθɪər- /
NOUN
philosopher
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The influencer said when people find out that she listens to Owens, they often mock her and call her a conspiracy theorist.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

A conspiracy theorist subscribes with unshakable faith to an ideological worldview.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

After an initial experiment with inconclusive results, he asked me, as a quantum theorist, for help in working out what to expect.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

As policing theorist Mark Neocleous has argued, pacification is the production of order by the very forces that create the danger they claim to manage.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

From his own experiences in Vietnam and his reading of the German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, Van Riper became convinced that war was inherently unpredictable and messy and nonlinear.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

"No matter what the theorists did -- even with the most advanced computer simulation techniques -- they could not reproduce the experiments," said Millot.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

For nearly three decades, a onetime Compton gang leader named Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been one of the most vocal theorists about one of the most debated celebrity killings ever.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The belief, which air theorists had propagated since the onset of combat planes in World War I, seemed confirmed by the results of World War II. However, the U.S.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Still, frustration has spread well beyond the movement’s conspiracy theorists.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Only one copy of his manuscript survives, and later Jesuit theorists rediscovered his work only because they needed ammunition to use against William Gilbert.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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