单词 | conspiracy theory |
释义 | > as lemmasconspiracy theory conspiracy theory n. the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; spec. a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy > conspiracy theory conspiracy theory1909 1909 Amer. Hist. Rev. 14 836 The claim that Atchison was the originator of the repeal may be termed a recrudescence of the conspiracy theory first asserted by Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia in 1880. 1952 K. R. Popper Open Society (ed. 2) II. xiv. 94 I call it the ‘conspiracy theory of society’. It is the view that an explanation of a social phenomenon consists in the discovery of the men or groups who are interested in the occurrence of this phenomenon. 1964 Listener 24 Sept. 471/3 His ‘vulgar economic realities’ are the cloak for a conspiracy-theory, and he is disappointed that I don't subscribe to it. 1987 W. Greider Secrets of Temple i. ii. 52 From the beginning, the Federal Reserve was implicated in nativist conspiracy theories. < as lemmas |
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