conspiracy theory

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conspiracy theory

A theory seeking to explain a disputed case or matter as a plot by a secret group or alliance rather than an individual or isolated act.

conspiracy theorist n.

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conspiracy theory

the belief that the government or a covert organization is responsible for an event that is unusual or unexplained, esp when any such involvement is denied

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Translations

تظرية المؤمرة

Verschwörungstheorie

salaliittoteoria

théorie du complot

teoria spiskowa

conspiracy theory

n → Verschwörungstheorie f

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Entre esas contribuciones al analisis critico de los medios encontramos a DE DIEGO (2007), con su Conspiranoia. De como El Mundo y la COPE mintieron y manipularon sobre el 11-M (4).

Propuesta de metodologia para duelos mediaticos en periodismo politico. Aplicacion al tratamiento informativo de El Pais a la crisis entre Uribe y Chavez por los rehenes de las FARC (2007 - 2008)

These contacts proved to be an important element of the stable Australian-Indonesian partnership during the 1990s, and could be effectively used to mitigate some of the "conspiranoia" that is currently besetting bilateral relations.

Australia and Indonesia: Rebuilding Relations After East Timor

His first published short story appeared as a runner-up in the Mississippi Review's 1998 fiction contest, and his first nonfiction book, Conspiranoia! was recently published by Plume.