Õ: eesti keeles tähendab konspiratsioon salastamist

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Wiktionary:
1. a hypothesis alleging that the members of a coordinated group are, and/or were, secretly working together to commit illegal or wrongful actions including attempting to hide the existence of the group and its activities
2. (dismissive, derogatory) hypothetical speculation that is commonly considered untrue or outlandish

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory
https://www.skeptic.com/downloads/conspiracy-theories-who-why-and-how.pdf
https://iep.utm.edu/conspira/
https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/sites/default/files/section_attachments/ks4conspiracytheories_.ppt
https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ConspiracyTheoryHandbook.pdf
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pops.12568
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137363169
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724570/

näiteid
https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2020/04/covid-top-10-current-conspiracy-theories/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories