conspiratorial
adj/kənˌspɪɹəˈtɔːɹɪəl/
Etymology From Latin cōnspīrātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, conspirator + -ial.
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Pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators.
- His conspiratorial whispers were soft, but that just attracted more attention.
- I pressed the button and he appeared, giving me, as he entered, the sort of conspiratorial glance the acting secretary of a secret society would have given a friend on the membership roll. “Oh, Swordfish,” I said, having given him a conspiratorial glance in return, for one always likes to do the civil thing, “this is Mr Herring, who has come to join our little group.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter X, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
2
Proscribed, Sometimes Believing in conspiracy theories.
- Conspiratorial thinking is another predictor of vaccine hesitancy, according to the 2018 study.2021 April 29, Sabrina Tavernise, “Vaccine Skepticism Was Viewed as a Knowledge Problem. It’s Actually About Gut Beliefs.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2021:
- Synonyms
- conspirational, conspirative, conspiratory
- Derived terms
- anti-conspiratorial, conspiratorialism, conspiratorialist, conspiratorially, nonconspiratorial, unconspiratorial
- Related terms
- conspiracy, conspirator, conspiratorily