Ufologist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who studies UFOs.
"Still, something strange was afoot in Rendlesham, and even if the file is unlikely to satisfy either ufologists or debunkers, it suggests that the truth is still out there."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of ufologist. alt-of
"New Brunswick nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman may not have coined the phrase cosmic Watergate, but he claims to have used it more often than any living UFOlogist. First used in the wake of the Republican break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex, Washington, DC, the term refers to an alleged government cover-up of aliens and UFOs."
Example
More examples"I have the most interesting conversations with my ufologist friend Bratislav. He is of Croatian ancestry and is very intelligent. I am bored now in my neighbourhood without someone like him to talk to, as he moved to a different city."
Etymology
From ufolog(y) + -ist. By surface analysis, UFO + -logist.
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