counterconspiracy
noun
coun·ter·con·spir·a·cy
ˌkau̇n-tər-kən-ˈspir-ə-sē
variants
or counter-conspiracy
plural counterconspiracies or counter-conspiracies
: a conspiracy to oppose or undermine something (such as another conspiracy)
She also wrote that conspiracies beget conspiracies, and so do conspiracy theories. The belief in a conspiracy demands a counterconspiracy to fight it.—Masha Gessen
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