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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One who believes that the government or another powerful agency is conspiring to conceal the truth about its role in an event such as an assassination or an act of terrorism, such as the 9/11 attacks.

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  • noun Person believing that the U.S. government perpetrated or allowed the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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Examples

  • Anyone who uses the word "truther" is saying much more about himself than those who disagree with all or part of the official 9/11 story.

    9/11 Truth and the Paranoid Style - Boing Boing 2009

  • Yup, he's a 'truther' -- someone who believes the US government carried out the attacks.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Yup, he's a 'truther' -- someone who believes the US government carried out the attacks.

    The UN's Special Fruitcake 2008

  • Yup, he's a 'truther' -- someone who believes the US government carried out the attacks.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • "C.llapse," about peak oil expert - and Sept. 11 "truther" - Michael C. Ruppert is available on Time Warner Movies on Demand starting Sunday, according to the film's Twitter account.

    JSOnline.com 2009

  • "C.llapse," about peak oil expert - and Sept. 11 "truther" - Michael C. Ruppert is available on Time Warner Movies on Demand starting Sunday, according to the film's Twitter account.

    JSOnline.com 2009

  • The latest edition of a glossy al Qaeda-run magazine is out, and it slams Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the equivalent of a Sept. 11 "truther" -- someone who accuses the U.S. government of initiating the 2001 terror attacks on the United States.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011

  • Destroy dem Trufers ... (twufers, twofers) Trufer: The word "trufer" is used as a pejorative to describe 9/11 conspiracy loons, also known as truther (s), because they love to parade around with stupid chants and piss people off with their psycho babble.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Destroy dem Trufers ... (twufers, twofers) Trufer: The word "trufer" is used as a pejorative to describe 9/11 conspiracy loons, also known as truther (s), because they love to parade around with stupid chants and piss people off with their psycho babble.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • I am less sure about the 9/11 "truther" comments, but hey no blog is perfect.

    Welcome to visitors from SurvivalBlog.com Not a sheep 2009

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  • A conspiracy theorist. See also trufer.

    January 11, 2016