conspiration
English
Etymology
From Middle English conspiracioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman; or from Middle French conspiration, from Latin conspiratio, conspirationem. Doublet of conspiracy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
conspiration (countable and uncountable, plural conspirations)
- Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose
- A plot between two or more people against somebody's wishes; conspiracy.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnspīrātiō, cōnspīrātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
conspiration f (plural conspirations)
- conspiracy (act of working in secret to obtain some goal)
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Further reading
- “conspiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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