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flat-earther
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flat-earth·er (fltûrthr)
n.
One who stubbornly adheres to outmoded or discredited ideas: "If you don't accept the ideas derived from Adam Smith ... then you are [considered] a flat-earther" (James Fallows).
[From the long-discredited belief that the earth is flat.]
flat-earth adj.
flat-earther
n
Informal a person who does not accept or is out of touch with the realities of modern life


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