different between conspiracy vs plans

English

Etymology

From Middle English conspiracie, from Anglo-Norman conspiracie, from Latin c?nsp?r?ti?. Doublet of conspiration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?sp???si/

Noun

conspiracy (countable and uncountable, plural conspiracies)

1. The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.
2. (law) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.
3. A group of ravens.
4. A group of lemurs.
5. (linguistics) A situation in which different phonological or grammatical rules lead to similar or related outcomes.
6. (by ellipsis) A conspiracy theory; a hypothesis alleging conspiracy.
   • 2008, Edward Snajdr, Nature Protests: The End of Ecology in Slovakia, University of Washington Press, ?ISBN, page 176:

     Rather than propagating conspiracies about the evils of wealthy Jewry, they beat up poor Roma in back alleys.

   • 2018, Rita Santos, The Deep State, Greenhaven Publishing, ?ISBN, page 99:

     The internet helps spread conspiracies, but it can also be used to verify claims made by politicians and the media.

Derived terms

• conspiracy of silence
• conspiracy theory

Related terms

Translations

Verb

conspiracy (third-person singular simple present conspiracies, present participle conspiracying, simple past and past participle conspiracied)

1. (rare, proscribed) To conspire.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

Verb

plans

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plan

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?plans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Noun

plans

1. plural of pla

Cornish

Noun

plans m (plural plansow)

1. plant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??/
• Homophone: plan

Adjective

plans

1. masculine plural of plan

Friulian

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Occitan

Noun

plans

1. plural of plan

Adjective

plans

1. masculine plural of plan

Swedish

Noun

plans

1. indefinite genitive singular of plan
2. indefinite genitive plural of plan