conspirophile

English

Etymology

conspire +‎ -o- +‎ -phile

Noun

conspirophile (plural conspirophiles)

1. (very rare) A person who subscribes to conspiracy theories, a conspiracy theorist, a truther.
   • 1993 September 25, Chris Burian, "crime with computers?", alt.conspiracy/alt.society.civil-liberty [1] (crossposted on both groups).

     Being a conspirophile, I do see a connection between recent BBS porn busts, encryption busts, and even "anarchy" text-file busts. I also see them connected with Waco, S-8, and suggestions that the National Guard be used for border patrol.

   • 2014 January 24, Desiree Erasmus, "Brethren, let us conspire", Hillcrest Fever: Your 24/7 local connection, page 6.

     The NWO has been adopted by religious and secular conspirophiles alike and goes something like this: The world is secretly controlled by a small corporate-affiliated elite that belong to secret societies such as the Illuminati, Bilderbergers, Bohemian Grove and so on.

Synonyms

• conspiracy theorist
• truther

Related terms

• conspiracy, conspiracy theory, conspirator
• arctophile, audiophile, bibliophile, museophile, vexillophile, videophile