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Conspiracy of silence   /kənspˈɪrəsi əv sˈaɪləns/   Listen
Conspiracy of silence

noun
1.
A conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event.






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"Conspiracy of silence" Quotes from Famous Books



... but his blood will I require at thine hand." Paul went into the Jewish synagogues repeatedly to lead them into the full truth, although he raised strife and contention in so doing, and even suffered violence at their hands. Unfortunately, a large per cent. of Christians have formed a conspiracy of silence on matters in which they differ. We have so little of the Spirit of Christ that we cannot even talk over our differences without getting angry and exhibiting the fruits of the flesh. And so we say, "We will agree to disagree," and we continue to nourish, pet and worship our differences ...
— To Infidelity and Back • Henry F. Lutz

... thought. Year after year a force of men under his direction had dug into these high-terraced gravel deposits of the river Somme, and in his book he now gave, in the first full form, the results of his labour. So far as France was concerned, he was met at first by what he calls "a conspiracy of silence," and then by a contemptuous opposition among orthodox scientists, at the head of whom ...
— History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom • Andrew Dickson White



Words linked to "Conspiracy of silence" :   conspiracy, confederacy



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