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geocentrist

geocentrist adjective: of or pertaining to geocentrism, the false belief the Sun revolves around the Earth.

Adjective

geocentrist (comparative more geocentrist, superlative most geocentrist)

  1. Of or pertaining to geocentrism, the false belief the Sun revolves around the Earth.
    • What about geocentrist Christians?2000 November 9, Ron Okimoto <rokimoto6751@my-deja.com>, “Re: Flat Earth a myth concocted to attack Christianity?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 30 Apr...
    • [Title:] Are Republicans Necessarily Geocentrist?2006 December, Didier de Fontaine, “Are Republicans Necessarily Geocentrist?”, in Academic Questions, volume 20, number 1 (letter), via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 6

Noun

geocentrist (plural geocentrists)

  1. A supporter of geocentrism, the false belief that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
    • The intense hostility expressed by the scientific creationists toward the flat-earthers does not extend to the geocentrists, who hover on the edge of respectability among scientific creationists.1981, Robert Schadewald, “Scientific Creationism, Geocentricity and the Flat Earth: These three movements have more in common than they like to acknowledge”, in The Skeptical Inquirer, volume 6...
    • When a geocentrist says "planet" and a heliocentrist says "planet," the context is so different as to render them unable even to communicate with each other.2010 August, Jason Griffey, “Ebook Sanity”, in Library Journal, volume 135, number 13, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 26

Forms of geocentrist

Adjective
comparativemore geocentrist
superlativemost geocentrist
Noun
pluralgeocentrists

Origin of geocentrist

geocentric + -ist.

Questions about geocentrist

What does geocentrist mean?
Geocentrist means of or pertaining to geocentrism, the false belief the Sun revolves around the Earth.
What part of speech is geocentrist?
Geocentrist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near geocentrist in the dictionary

  1. geocentrically
  2. geocentricism
  3. geocentricity
  4. geocentrick
  5. geocentrism
  6. geocentrist
  7. geocentrists
  8. geocerite
  9. geochart
  10. geocharts
  11. geochelone

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