Prospiracy

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A secret plan by a group to do something beneficial. nonce-word, rare

    "Prospiracy. A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing. [Page heading]"

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"Prospiracy. A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing. [Page heading]"

Etymology

A play on the word conspiracy, where the con- element, reinterpreted as con (“a disadvantage”), has been altered to pro (“an advantage”). By surface analysis, pro- + conspiracy.

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