Conspiracy Theories

noun a person who believes in or promotes conspiracy theories

• The conspiracist claimed that the moon landing was faked by the government.
• My friend is such a conspiracist, always talking about secret plots and cover-ups.
• Don't listen to that conspiracist, they're just spouting nonsense.
• The conspiracist's mind was a tangled web of theories and suspicions.

noun the tendency to explain historical or current events in terms of secret conspiracies

• Conspiracism is the belief in or the propagation of conspiracy theories.
• Some people are drawn to conspiracism because it offers simple explanations for complex events.
• I can't stand all the conspiracism going on in the chat groups.
• His mind was a breeding ground for conspiracism, always seeing hidden motives behind every action.

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it).

• The series of events that occurred leading up to the election results is so unbelievable, you couldn’t make it up!
• I mean, the drama with our neighbors is so ridiculous, you couldn’t make it up!
• The way she got out of that sticky situation was so wild, you couldn’t make it up!
• The coincidences in their love story are so perfect, you couldn’t make it up!

noun a substance that has been the subject of various conspiracy theories

• Adrenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline.
• Have you heard about adrenochrome and its supposed effects?
• Some people believe adrenochrome can give you a crazy high.
• In the world of conspiracy theories, adrenochrome is often portrayed as a powerful substance with dark implications.

noun a hypothetical hallucinogenic drug mentioned in the novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

• Adenochrome is a chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline.
• I heard that some people believe in conspiracy theories about adenochrome being harvested from children.
• I can't believe people actually think adenochrome gives them superpowers.
• The idea of adenochrome being a source of immortality is just a metaphorical concept in some fictional stories.