conspiracy

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /kənˈspəɹəsi/ UK /kənˈspɪɹəsi/ See IPA manual

Freq #4370

Meanings

1

noun
A secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal.

The men were arrested for a conspiracy to rob the bank.
2

noun
A belief that a secret group is behind some event, often without real evidence; a conspiracy theory.

He spreads wild conspiracies claiming the moon landing was faked.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a secret plan by a group of... plot cabal

Word family

Forms conspiracies

Derived forms conspiracismconspiracistconspiracy-theoreticconspiratardcounterconspiracycyberconspiracypostconspiracypreconspiracyprospiracysuperconspiracy

Related forms co-conspiratorconspirationconspiratorconspiratorialconspiratorialismconspiratorialistconspiratoriallyconspiratoryconspireconspirer

Etymology

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

conspiracie Middle English cōnspīrātiō Latin

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# conspiracy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈspəɹəsi/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈspɪɹəsi/
**Frequency rank:** 4370

## Meanings
1. A secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal.
2. A belief that a secret group is behind some event, often without real evidence; a conspiracy theory.

## Examples
- The men were arrested for a conspiracy to rob the bank.
- He spreads wild conspiracies claiming the moon landing was faked.

## Derived Forms
- conspiracism
- conspiracist
- conspiracy-theoretic
- conspiratard
- counterconspiracy
- cyberconspiracy
- postconspiracy
- preconspiracy
- prospiracy
- superconspiracy

## Related Forms
- co-conspirator
- conspiration
- conspirator
- conspiratorial
- conspiratorialism
- conspiratorialist
- conspiratorially
- conspiratory
- conspire
- conspirer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: conspiracie
- Root: cōnspīrātiō

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

## AI Etymology
Conspiracy is from Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, from conspire + -acy. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include conspiracie (Middle English) and cōnspīrātiō (Latin). Current senses include a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal and a belief that a secret group is behind some event, often without real evidence; a conspiracy theory. The wider family includes derived forms such as conspiracism, conspiracist, conspiracy-theoretic, conspiratard, and counterconspiracy and related words such as co-conspirator, conspiration, conspirator, conspiratorial, and conspiratorialism.

## Topics
- People & Society

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