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Conspiracy 无 French Latin Conspiration Kən'spirəsi N.共谋,阴谋 N

单词 conspiracy
音标 [kən'spirəsi]
解释 n.共谋,阴谋
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字源 conspiracy (n.)
mid-14c., from Anglo-French conspiracie, Old French conspiracie "conspiracy, plot," from Latin conspirationem (nominative conspiratio) "agreement, union, unanimity," noun of action from conspirare (see conspire); earlier in same sense was conspiration (early 14c.), from French conspiration (13c.), from Latin conspirationem. An Old English word for it was facengecwis. As a term in law, from 1863. Conspiracy theory is from 1909.
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