conspiration
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English conspiracioun, from Middle French conspiration, from Latin cōnspīrātiō, cōnspīrātiōnem. Doublet of conspiracy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌkɒnspɪˈɹeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]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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[edit]French
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cōnspīrātiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]conspiration f (plural conspirations)
- conspiracy (act of working in secret to obtain some goal)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “conspiration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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