English Explanatory Dictionary

conspiracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An agreement or arrangement between multiple parties to do something harmful, immoral or subversive; an instance of collusion.
  2. An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
  3. A secret agreement to do something.
  4. An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.
  5. A group of ravens.
  6. A group of lemurs.
  7. A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
  8. A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
verb
  1. To conspire.

Pronunciation

/kənˈspɪɹəsi/ En-us-conspiracy.ogg /kənˈspəɹəsi/ /ˈkɔnspɪrəsi/

Word forms

conspiracy conspiracies conspiracying conspiracied

Etymology

From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, from conspire + -acy.

Related words

co-conspirator conspiration conspirator conspiratorial conspiratorialism conspiratorialist conspiratorially conspiratory conspire conspirer

Derived words

conspiracism conspiracist conspiracy analyst conspiracy fact conspiracy hypothesis conspiracy of silence conspiracy-theoretic conspiracy theorist conspiracy theorize conspiracy theory conspiratard counterconspiracy cyberconspiracy postconspiracy preconspiracy prospiracy superconspiracy
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