English Explanatory Dictionary

prospiracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A secret plan by a group to do something beneficial.

Word forms

prospiracy prospiracies

Etymology

A play on the word conspiracy, where the con- element, reinterpreted as con (“a disadvantage”), has been altered to pro (“an advantage”). By surface analysis, pro- + conspiracy.

Antonyms

conspiracy
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