flat-earther
Americannoun
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a person who adheres to the idea that the earth is flat.
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a person who clings to an idea or theory that has long been proved wrong.
noun
Etymology
Origin of flat-earther
1930–35; flat earth + -er 1
Example Sentences
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“It’s like asking a flat-earther to pilot our next mission to space.”
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2024
“Had there been a follow up to my statement that I had been immunized, I would have said, ‘Look, I’m not some sort of anti-vax flat-earther.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2021
Social media reacted as if Wilson was a flat-earther who had kidnapped the Lindbergh baby*, and social media declared the Flyers NHL-dead due to last-century thinking.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2018
Before Logan Paul got onstage at a flat-earther conference to support a knuckleheaded conspiracy theory, he told the audience he was feeling grateful that day.
From The Verge ● Dec. 3, 2018
Will we find out he's shitty to women or a flat-earther or that the one person he feels bad for in all of this is Roseanne?
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 13, 2018
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