conspiracyn.

Brit.

/kənˈspɪrəsi/, U.S.

/kənˈspɪrᵻsi/

Etymology: < Latin conspīrātio conspiration n., with substitution of the ending -acy suffix. A single example of conspiratie in 16th cent. French is given by Godefroy.

a. The action of conspiring; combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy

conspiracyc1386

conspiration1388

confederationc1530

faction1549

conspiring1561

combination1593

complotment1594

confederacy1594

complotting1607

colluding1611

compacta1616

trinketing1646

caballinga1680

cabal1738

colloguing1880

collogue1887

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot > a conspiracy

feudc1300

conspirationa1340

conspiracyc1386

confederacy1389

conspirement1393

confederation1535

complot1587

combine1610

champerty1622

cabal1663

frame-up1899

frame1914

stitch-up1980

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 621 Brutus and Cassius..Ful prively hath made conspiracie Agains this Julius in subtil wise.

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 5 Enpresoned falslich..by fals conspiracie.

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I2^v Made a partner in conspiracie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 306 Open-ey'd Conspiracie His time doth take.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 751 Combin'd In bold conspiracy against Heav'ns King.

a1832 J. Bentham Justice & Codif. Petit. in Wks. (1843) V. 485 In the very import of the word conspiracy is therefore included the conspiracy to do a bad thing.

1841 R. W. Emerson Self-reliance in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 50 Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

b. Law.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > conspiracy

collusion1509

conspiracy1863

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. xi. 275 The crime of conspiracy consists in the agreement of two or more persons to do an illegal act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means.

a. (with a and plural) A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot. Also in conspiracy of silence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun]

dighelnessc1000

dernship?c1225

derna1250

concealmenta1325

hidnessc1330

hiddennessc1380

privy1384

secrenessc1386

secre1390

stillnessa1400

secretnessa1475

hodelnessec1475

scuggery?a1500

hugger-mugger1529

closeness1562

secrecy1563

privatenessa1586

covertness1592

hugger-mug1654

privacy1702

conspiracy of silence1865

hush-hush1973

c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 149 Whan schapen was al this conspiracye Fro poynt to poynt.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxvi. f. xxxii^v Hauynge knowlege of the sayde conspiracy.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jvj^v Fearing greater deceytes and conspiracies.

1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 170 I hould here is a conspiracie by Travers and Frost and his daughter.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 129 In all Conspiracies there must be great secrecy.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 81 A secret conspiracy had been formed against his person and government.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 105 Rumours of a conspiracy became general.

1865 J. S. Mill Auguste Comte 199 M. Comte used to reproach his early English admirers with maintaining the ‘conspiracy of silence’ concerning his later performances.

1870 Gentleman's Mag. New Ser. 5 331 Compel them, if they must divert themselves with a species of amateur conspiracy, to enter into a conspiracy of silence.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 July 1 No longer will good men be able with easy conscience to join in that indignant ‘Hush!’ by which the evil-doers have hitherto silenced every attempt to make articulate the smothered wail that rises unceasing from the woeful under-world. There is now an end to that conspiracy of silence.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 July 1/1 The absurd conspiracy of silence which is making our contemporaries so supremely ludicrous.

1885 Church Reformer July 146/1 When such work as the Pall Mall has done is treated by the ordinary press with a conspiracy of silence, then it becomes our duty..to thank that paper for its outspoken boldness.

1931 V. J. McGill Schopenhauer ix. 303 Their ‘conspiracy of silence’ had at last proved ineffective.

1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? xxiv. 223 The conspiracy of silence about the blunders and failures of medicine.

1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 437/3 It semed perfectly correct to me when I read the article in question, although I find that English grammars seem to maintain a conspiracy of silence on the subject.

†b. A body or band of conspirators. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter > conspirator > band of

conspiracy1555

cabal1660

Cabbala1671

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 53 The captayne of this conspiracie was slayne.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxiv. 2) Conspiracie..may bee taken as well for a companye that consult about mischeef, as for the mischeef itself they have devysed.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xli. 279 Urged by those of the conspiracie [L. ab conjuratis].

3. figurative. Union or combination (of persons or things) for one end or purpose; harmonious action or effort; = conspiration n. 3 (In a good or neutral sense.) Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > action or fact of combining > of agents or causes

conspiracya1538

conspiration1607

concurrencea1631

concourse1635

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 8 Thys cyvyle lyfe was..a conspyracy in honesty & vertue.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ii3^v So is the conspiracie of her seuerall graces held best together to make one perfect figure of beawtie.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 276 There will be a conspiracy and faithfull correspondence between our mind, and our tongue.

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 229 To discern this Harmony and beautiful conspiracy of things.

1847 R. W. Emerson Ode to Beauty in Wks. (1906) I. 450 All that's good and great with thee Works in close conspiracy.

Draft additions 1997

4. Compounds.

conspiracy theory n. the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; spec. a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy > conspiracy theory

conspiracy theory1909

1909 Amer. Hist. Rev. 14 836 The claim that Atchison was the originator of the repeal may be termed a recrudescence of the conspiracy theory first asserted by Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia in 1880.

1952 K. R. Popper Open Society (ed. 2) II. xiv. 94 I call it the ‘conspiracy theory of society’. It is the view that an explanation of a social phenomenon consists in the discovery of the men or groups who are interested in the occurrence of this phenomenon.

1964 Listener 24 Sept. 471/3 His ‘vulgar economic realities’ are the cloak for a conspiracy-theory, and he is disappointed that I don't subscribe to it.

1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. ii. 52 From the beginning, the Federal Reserve was implicated in nativist conspiracy theories.

conspiracy theorist n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy > conspiracy theory > conspiracy theorist

conspiracy theorist1964

conspiracist1975

1964 New Statesman 1 May 694/2 Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed by the absence of a dogmatic introduction.

1975 N.Y. Times 12 May 10/4 Conspiracy theorists contend that two of the men have strong resemblances to E. Howard Hunt Jr. and Frank A. Sturgis, convicted in the Watergate break-in.

1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 7 Dec. 5/1 Conspiracy theorists see the invisible hand of the Department of Education and Science behind the emergence of Walter Ulrich as secretary of the National Association of Governors and Managers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conspiracy
释义	conspiracyn. Brit. /kənˈspɪrəsi/, U.S. /kənˈspɪrᵻsi/ Etymology: < Latin conspīrātio conspiration n., with substitution of the ending -acy suffix. A single example of conspiratie in 16th cent. French is given by Godefroy. 1. a. The action of conspiring; combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy conspiracyc1386 conspiration1388 confederationc1530 faction1549 conspiring1561 combination1593 complotment1594 confederacy1594 complotting1607 colluding1611 compacta1616 trinketing1646 caballinga1680 cabal1738 colloguing1880 collogue1887 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot > a conspiracy feudc1300 conspirationa1340 conspiracyc1386 confederacy1389 conspirement1393 confederation1535 complot1587 combine1610 champerty1622 cabal1663 frame-up1899 frame1914 stitch-up1980 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 621 Brutus and Cassius..Ful prively hath made conspiracie Agains this Julius in subtil wise. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 5 Enpresoned falslich..by fals conspiracie. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge v. i. sig. I2^v Made a partner in conspiracie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 306 Open-ey'd Conspiracie His time doth take. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 751 Combin'd In bold conspiracy against Heav'ns King. View more context for this quotation a1832 J. Bentham Justice & Codif. Petit. in Wks. (1843) V. 485 In the very import of the word conspiracy is therefore included the conspiracy to do a bad thing. 1841 R. W. Emerson Self-reliance in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 50 Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. b. Law. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > conspiracy collusion1509 conspiracy1863 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. xi. 275 The crime of conspiracy consists in the agreement of two or more persons to do an illegal act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. 2. a. (with a and plural) A combination of persons for an evil or unlawful purpose; an agreement between two or more persons to do something criminal, illegal, or reprehensible (especially in relation to treason, sedition, or murder); a plot. Also in conspiracy of silence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] dighelnessc1000 dernship?c1225 derna1250 concealmenta1325 hidnessc1330 hiddennessc1380 privy1384 secrenessc1386 secre1390 stillnessa1400 secretnessa1475 hodelnessec1475 scuggery?a1500 hugger-mugger1529 closeness1562 secrecy1563 privatenessa1586 covertness1592 hugger-mug1654 privacy1702 conspiracy of silence1865 hush-hush1973 c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 149 Whan schapen was al this conspiracye Fro poynt to poynt. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxvi. f. xxxii^v Hauynge knowlege of the sayde conspiracy. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jvj^v Fearing greater deceytes and conspiracies. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 170 I hould here is a conspiracie by Travers and Frost and his daughter. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 129 In all Conspiracies there must be great secrecy. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 81 A secret conspiracy had been formed against his person and government. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 105 Rumours of a conspiracy became general. 1865 J. S. Mill Auguste Comte 199 M. Comte used to reproach his early English admirers with maintaining the ‘conspiracy of silence’ concerning his later performances. 1870 Gentleman's Mag. New Ser. 5 331 Compel them, if they must divert themselves with a species of amateur conspiracy, to enter into a conspiracy of silence. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 July 1 No longer will good men be able with easy conscience to join in that indignant ‘Hush!’ by which the evil-doers have hitherto silenced every attempt to make articulate the smothered wail that rises unceasing from the woeful under-world. There is now an end to that conspiracy of silence. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 July 1/1 The absurd conspiracy of silence which is making our contemporaries so supremely ludicrous. 1885 Church Reformer July 146/1 When such work as the Pall Mall has done is treated by the ordinary press with a conspiracy of silence, then it becomes our duty..to thank that paper for its outspoken boldness. 1931 V. J. McGill Schopenhauer ix. 303 Their ‘conspiracy of silence’ had at last proved ineffective. 1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? xxiv. 223 The conspiracy of silence about the blunders and failures of medicine. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 437/3 It semed perfectly correct to me when I read the article in question, although I find that English grammars seem to maintain a conspiracy of silence on the subject. †b. A body or band of conspirators. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > plotter > conspirator > band of conspiracy1555 cabal1660 Cabbala1671 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 53 The captayne of this conspiracie was slayne. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxiv. 2) Conspiracie..may bee taken as well for a companye that consult about mischeef, as for the mischeef itself they have devysed. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xli. 279 Urged by those of the conspiracie [L. ab conjuratis]. 3. figurative. Union or combination (of persons or things) for one end or purpose; harmonious action or effort; = conspiration n. 3 (In a good or neutral sense.) Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [noun] > action or fact of combining > of agents or causes conspiracya1538 conspiration1607 concurrencea1631 concourse1635 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 8 Thys cyvyle lyfe was..a conspyracy in honesty & vertue. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. sig. Ii3^v So is the conspiracie of her seuerall graces held best together to make one perfect figure of beawtie. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 276 There will be a conspiracy and faithfull correspondence between our mind, and our tongue. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 229 To discern this Harmony and beautiful conspiracy of things. 1847 R. W. Emerson Ode to Beauty in Wks. (1906) I. 450 All that's good and great with thee Works in close conspiracy. Draft additions 1997 4. Compounds. conspiracy theory n. the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; spec. a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy > conspiracy theory conspiracy theory1909 1909 Amer. Hist. Rev. 14 836 The claim that Atchison was the originator of the repeal may be termed a recrudescence of the conspiracy theory first asserted by Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia in 1880. 1952 K. R. Popper Open Society (ed. 2) II. xiv. 94 I call it the ‘conspiracy theory of society’. It is the view that an explanation of a social phenomenon consists in the discovery of the men or groups who are interested in the occurrence of this phenomenon. 1964 Listener 24 Sept. 471/3 His ‘vulgar economic realities’ are the cloak for a conspiracy-theory, and he is disappointed that I don't subscribe to it. 1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. ii. 52 From the beginning, the Federal Reserve was implicated in nativist conspiracy theories. conspiracy theorist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy > conspiracy theory > conspiracy theorist conspiracy theorist1964 conspiracist1975 1964 New Statesman 1 May 694/2 Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed by the absence of a dogmatic introduction. 1975 N.Y. Times 12 May 10/4 Conspiracy theorists contend that two of the men have strong resemblances to E. Howard Hunt Jr. and Frank A. Sturgis, convicted in the Watergate break-in. 1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 7 Dec. 5/1 Conspiracy theorists see the invisible hand of the Department of Education and Science behind the emergence of Walter Ulrich as secretary of the National Association of Governors and Managers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1386
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