platygaeanism

• platygæanism

platygaean +‎ -ism

platygaeanism (uncountable)

1. belief that the Earth's shape is a plane or disk.
   • 1987 November 27, Jolly, Bret, “Re: Flat Earth”, in talk.origins, Usenet‎, message-ID <19477@shemp.UCLA.EDU>:

     It should be clear that my presentation of platygaeanism is *much* more cogent and intelligent than anything creationists or astrologers have been able to come up with.

   • 2001 August 6, Steven J., “Re: Platyg?nism”, in talk.origins, Usenet‎, message-ID <127ccf2e.0108061950.22cc48c5@posting.google.com>:

     According to Ron Numbers's _The Creationists_, geocentrism remained common among Missouri synod Lutherans until about a century ago (and still has followers in various sects). Platygaeanism had its adherents until recently, at least.

   • 2001 August 7, Aron-Ra, “Re: Platygæanism”, in talk.origins, Usenet‎:

     All that site did list were a few people that I thought existed already followed by a posse of perfectly understandable reasons for me to have believed in Catholic Platygæanism at least until now.

• platygaean (“flat-earther”)

• geocentrism