Conspiracy theory
a conspiracy theory (noun) - a belief that a small group of people are working behind the scenes of political events trying to harm someone or change something (See Wikipedia)
an outlandish conspiracy theory
had plenty of time to cook up an outlandish conspiracy theory
a twisted conspiracy theory
the complex conspiracy lieing at the heart of the conspiracy theory
a clever conspiracy theory
it was just somebody coming up with a clever conspiracy theory
they attacked him by means of a clever conspiracy theory
eight clever conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination in Dallas
couldn't take the conspiracy theory seriously
it is difficult to see a conspiracy theory at work
induces a feeling of helplessness and engenders a belief in hidden explanations and conspiracy theories
drool when someone tosses you a conspiracy theory
a true believer in the conspiracy theory
a great believer in the conspiracy theory
convinced of a conspiracy theory
he was suggesting a conspiracy theory
believing in the conspiracy theory
an ideal basis for a conspiracy theory
a revisionist conspiracy theory
this fact is relevant to my conspiracy theory
this fact is particularly relevant to the conspiracy theory that I am working on presently
everything is potentially relevant to my conspiracy theory
a seemingly rational conspiracy theory
a seemingly rational conspiracy theory on which opposition to the British political system could be based
a tactical shift in the way that the conspiracy theory is presented
the plot line of the conspiracy theory
the drama follows the plot-line of the conspiracy theory
mesmerized by the hypnotic plot-line of the conspiracy theory
distance themselves from the conspiracy theory
wish to distance themselves from the conspiracy theory
taking a stance which rejected the whole conspiracy theory
most didn't believe in the conspiracy theory
conspiracy theories of every kind flourish
class conspiracy theories
cold war brain-washing and conspiracy theories
the magazine quickly became rife with internecine dispute and conspiracy theories
conspiracy theories of the behind-the-scenes influence exercised by civil servants
the usual conspiracy theories
bloody conspiracy theories
conspiracy theories are neither necessary nor helpful
just to add a little to the usual conspiracy theory
connecting up every conspiracy theory advanced by their half-baked authors and fabricating an elaborate master-plan which explains the whole of world history
subscribe to the conspiracy theory
the evidence supported the conspiracy theory
conspiracy theory revived by the media
conspiracy theory sociology
this line of argument does not demand an exercise in conspiracy theory sociology
the most prevalent conspiracy theory nowadays
proponents of the conspiracy theory
the conspiracy theory which lies at the root of the political party's ideology
the tenacity with which fascist groups have retained the antisemitic conspiracy theory
rejected the conspiracy theory
the ultimate, definitive statement of the conspiracy theory
subscribes to the standard conspiracy theory that the authorities undermine anyone investigating these sensitive areas
the negative obsession of the conspiracy theory of history
it was just somebody coming up with a clever conspiracy theory, just a way of getting me to go to remote places and wait for phone calls and deprive me of an alibi while gorilla man did something horrible to somebody else somewhere else
introducing rhetoric which mocked the conspiracy theory: If a revolutionary elite cadre poses a real threat to their power, obviously the Learned Elders of Whitehall will make sure they control it too!
anti-semitic conspiracy theories of history
Example sentences:
* No more conspiracy theories, please!
* Her work became an ideal basis for a revisionist conspiracy theory.
* You drool when someone tosses you a conspiracy theory.
* Talk about conspiracy theories!
* This induces a feeling of helplessness and engenders a belief in hidden explanations and conspiracy theories.
* COLD WAR brain-washing, conspiracy theories, a Presidential assassination plot, domineering, military-minded mother, and drugged dream sequences.
* The conspiracy theory was revived in the media.
* Bartocci might be convinced of his conspiracy theory, but Zen just couldn't take it seriously, much as he would have liked to.
* Whatever system we are discussing, it is neither necessary nor helpful to subscribe to conspiracy theories of the behind-the-scenes influence exercised by civil servants.
* But just to add to the usual conspiracy theories, why couldn't it be repeated at the end of the game --; surely it was one of the key points of the game.
* grumble grumble… bloody conspiracy theories… grumble… more conspiracy theories...
* The monolith theory with MI5 spies everywhere is a passport to paranoia, he wrote, introducing rhetoric which mocked the conspiracy theory: If a revolutionary elite cadre poses a real threat to their power, obviously the Learned Elders of Whitehall will make sure they control it too!
* He rejected the conspiracy theory of foreign affairs.
* French environmentalists subscribe to the conspiracy theory.
* We wish to suggest here not a conspiracy theory but a coincidence of interests that embodies these beneficiaries.
* This is particularly relevant to the conspiracy theory of politics.
* The answer is that it is difficult to see a conspiracy theory at work.
* Eight conspiracy theories about the Kennedy killing in Dallas are given considerable space in a museum housed on the sixth floor of the School Book Depository, called simply The Sixth Floor.
* Rational choice models, like class conspiracy theories, can be considered as micro-reductive variations on the dominant ideology thesis.
* But, amazingly, most MEN quizzed DON'T believe the conspiracy theory.
* I gather he was suggesting a conspiracy theory to the Steering Committee.
* This is broadly the version adopted by proponents of the conspiracy theory.
* There was the ultimate, definitive statement of the conspiracy theory of human affairs.
* Thanks to this contraption, he slapped the arm rest, I've had plenty of time to cook up an outlandish conspiracy theory.
* What seems to be occurring is not so much a shift away from the conspiracy tradition, but a shift, for reasons of tactics and internal politics, in the way the conspiracy theory is to be presented.
* This line of argument does not demand an exercise in conspiracy theory sociology, or even a belief in premeditated state malice, only an acceptance of the realities of the world of policy formulation in which both issues and policy prescriptions are not structured solely by empirical reality.
* Intelligence sources now believe the conspiracy theory was supported by some royal aides, that the Squidgy tape was part of a plot to damage the reputations of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
* Andrew Morton, the royal writer whose best-seller Diana: Her True Story first lifted the lid on the marriage problems of the warring Waleses, last night supported the conspiracy theory.
* The action, much of it almost drama-documentary, is laid in Berlin, South America, Miami, Havana and New Orleans, and follows the plot-lines not of conspiracy theory, but of modern history with the gaps left in.
* This is broadly the version adopted by proponents of the conspiracy theory.
* The conspiracy theory, which lies at the root of National Front ideology, is an argument; it propounds an uncommon sense, which argues against the commonly shared sense.
* The tenacity with which fascist groups have retained the antisemitic conspiracy theory raises important questions about the nature of contemporary antisemitism.
* In outlining its attitude towards the Jewish Question, Vanguard seemed prima facie to be taking a stance which rejected the whole conspiracy theory of politics.
* WHAT HAPPENS in Foucault's Pendulum is that three editors at a Milan publishing house, vetting manuscripts for a series of books on the occult, decide to amuse themselves by connecting up every conspiracy theory advanced by their half-baked authors and fabricating an elaborate master-plan which explains the whole of world history.
* It is worth skipping through the rest just to read them, but their bearing on the story proper, Belbo is a man who missed his moment, and conspiracy theory is the refuge of the disappointed, is specious.
* He will then produce an account of the insidious spread of revolutionary propaganda from overseas following the well-established conspiracy theory so often presented by newspapers and politicians in search of convenient scapegoats for present discontents.
* Alex, however, subscribes to the standard conspiracy theory that the authorities undermine anyone investigating these sensitive areas.
* He became an alienated reactionary for whom the trauma of the First World War was reinforced by the memory of the fascist God that failed, and his thought became increasingly dominated by the negative obsession of the conspiracy theory of history.
* A twisted variant is the conspiracy theory: change was started, at Soviet behest by local communists who wanted limited reform to save the system.
* The profession, principally via its house journal, sought to account for the attacks in terms of a conspiracy theory.
* Sir Philip argued that anti-semitism appealed to a subconscious racial instinct which was almost universal, with the Colonel Blimps believing in the conspiracy theory, and that in East London it was envy of Jewish economic success which caused the problem; this development represented the only real danger of fascism.
* The phrase Protocols-style carries a critical rhetoric, suggesting that the authors wished to distance themselves from the traditions of the conspiracy theory.
* The most prevalent conspiracy theory in Iraq nowadays is that the West never wanted to get rid of Saddam and were actually on his side, helping him to flush his enemies out into the open.
* The trouble is my theory's looking shakier all the time because McDunn's convinced me it really was all just a smoke-screen: there is no Ares project, never was any Ares project, and Smout in his prison in Baghdad isn't connected to the guys that died; it was just somebody coming up with a clever conspiracy theory, just a way of getting me to go to remote places and wait for phone calls and deprive me of an alibi while gorilla man did something horrible to somebody else somewhere else.
* I believe that his suspicions in this regard were more than amply fuelled by the activities of Marcia Williams, who also was a great believer in the conspiracy theory.
* Conspiracy theories of every kind flourish in South Africa.
* For those who were dismayed by the threatened collapse of the ruling class in central and eastern Europe and the rise of the Labour party and extension of the franchise in Britain, anti-semitic conspiracy theories of history, particularly as outlined in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , were to gain a momentary influence in polite society before returning to the political underworld.
* Branson was not able to inspire the same sense of esprit de corps among the hastily assembled team of Event journalists as he had always done among the staff at Virgin, and the magazine quickly became rife with internecine dispute and conspiracy theories.
