conspiracy of silence
English
/kənˌspɪɹəsi əv ˈsaɪləns/
noun
Definitions
- An agreement, either formal or tacit, between two or more parties not to discuss some matter nor to reveal any information concerning it, especially in order to avoid blame, embarrassment, or other discomfort.
Etymology
Compound from English conspiracy + English of + English silence.
Origin
English
silence
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico English
- Republic of Peru English
- Son of God English
- Son of Man English
- aback of English
- cat-o'-nine-tails English
- code of conduct English
- conspiracism English
- conspiracy English
- conspiratard English
- counterconspiracy English
- cyberconspiracy English
- desilence English
- freedom of assembly English
- freedom of association English
- hereof English
- nonsilence English
- of English
- outsilence English
- point of tangency English
- resilence English
- silence English
- silenceable English
- silencer English
- thereof English
- unsilence English
- whereof English
- of Middle English
- silence Middle English
- conspiracie Old French
- konspirasi Malay
- of
- hereof
- whereof
- silence
- thereof
- silencer
- aback of
- unsilence
- desilence
- resilence
- conspiracy
- outsilence
- Son of Man
- Son of God
- nonsilence
- silenceable
- conspiratard
- conspiracism
- code of conduct
- cyberconspiracy
- Republic of Peru
- cat-o'-nine-tails
- counterconspiracy
- point of tangency
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of association
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico