different between cooperative vs conspiracy

English

Alternative forms

• co-operative, coöperative, co-öperative

Adjective

cooperative (comparative more cooperative, superlative most cooperative)

1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.

3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

Antonyms

• adversarial
• competitive

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Noun

cooperative (plural cooperatives)

1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

Derived terms

• co-op
• platform cooperative

Translations

Further reading

• cooperative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

cooperative

1. feminine plural of cooperativo

Noun

cooperative f

1. plural of cooperativa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.pe.ra??ti?.u?e/, [ko?p??ä??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.pe.ra?ti.ve/, [k??p????t?i?v?]

Adjective

cooper?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of cooper?t?vus

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

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Verb

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

1. (rare, proscribed) To conspire.