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CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conspiracy of silence mean?
• CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (noun)
The noun CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE has 1 sense:
1. a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event
Familiarity information: CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality
Hypernyms ("conspiracy of silence" is a kind of...):
confederacy; conspiracy (a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act)
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