"flat-earther" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-flat-earther.wav [US] Forms: flat-earthers [plural]
Etymology: flat-earth + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flat-earth|er|id2=ideology}} flat-earth + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} flat-earther (plural flat-earthers)
  1. A person who believes or advocates the theory that the planet Earth is flat. Categories (topical): Conspiracy theories, Flat earth, People, Pseudoscience Translations (person who believes the Earth is flat): terreplatiste [feminine, masculine] (French), terraplanista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Flacherdler [masculine] (German), Flacherdlerin [feminine] (German), Flachweltler [masculine] (German), Flachweltlerin [feminine] (German), laposföld-hívő (Hungarian), terrapiattista [masculine] (Italian), рамноземјаш (ramnozemjaš) [masculine] (Macedonian), рамноземец (ramnozemec) [masculine] (Macedonian), płaskoziemiec [masculine] (Polish), płaskoziemka [feminine] (Polish), terraplanista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), плоскоземе́лец (ploskozemélec) [masculine] (Russian), плоскоземе́льщик (ploskozemélʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), плоскоёб (ploskojób) [derogatory, masculine] (Russian), terraplanista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), tierraplanista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), plattjordare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flat-earther-en-noun-K44yL8p6 Disambiguation of Conspiracy theories: 51 49 Disambiguation of Flat earth: 92 8 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (ideology), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (ideology): 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'person who believes the Earth is flat': 62 38
  2. (figuratively, by extension, derogatory) A person who believes or advocates an outlandish, discredited theory; a person who refuses to acknowledge the truth despite overwhelming evidence. Tags: broadly, derogatory, figuratively Categories (topical): Conspiracy theories, People, Pseudoscience
    Sense id: en-flat-earther-en-noun--abtYao2 Disambiguation of Conspiracy theories: 51 49 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pseudoscience: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (ideology), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (ideology): 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: platygaean, platygaeanist, flat earther, flatearther Related terms: flat-earth, flat-earthism, flat-earthery

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploskozemélec",
      "sense": "person who believes the Earth is flat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плоскоземе́лец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploskozemélʹščik",
      "sense": "person who believes the Earth is flat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плоскоземе́льщик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploskojób",
      "sense": "person who believes the Earth is flat",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плоскоёб"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who believes the Earth is flat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terraplanista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who believes the Earth is flat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tierraplanista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who believes the Earth is flat",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "plattjordare"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "flat-earther"
  ],
  "word": "flat-earther"
}

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