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<blockquote data-quote="bcbsr" data-source="post: 73351959" data-attributes="member: 7696"><p>Actually Wikipidea says the term showed up earlier than that. In fact the idea that the term "conspiracy theory" originated by the CIA in the 1960's is itself a conspiracy. See <a href="https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/nope_it_was_always_already_wrong" target="_blank">Nope, It Was Always Already Wrong - CSI</a><a href="https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/nope_it_was_always_already_wrong" target="_blank">Nope, It Was Always Already Wrong - CSI</a></p><p></p><p>The <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" target="_blank">Oxford English Dictionary</a></em> defines <em>conspiracy theory</em> as "the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; <em>spec.</em> a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event". It cites a 1909 article in <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Historical_Review" target="_blank">The American Historical Review</a></em> as the earliest usage example,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> although it also appears in journals as early as April 1870.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#cite_note-8" target="_blank">[8]</a></p><p></p><p> Johnson, Allen (July 1909). <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1837085" target="_blank">"Reviewed Work: <em>The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise: Its Origin and Authorship</em> by P. Orman Ray"</a>. <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Historical_Review" target="_blank">The American Historical Review</a></em>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" target="_blank">Oxford Journals</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Historical_Association" target="_blank">American Historical Association</a> via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR" target="_blank">JSTOR</a>. <strong>14</strong> (4): 836. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier" target="_blank">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1837085" target="_blank">10.2307/1837085</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR" target="_blank">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1837085" target="_blank">1837085</a>. The claim that [David R.] Atchison was the originator of the [Missouri Compromise] repeal may be termed a recrudescence of the conspiracy theory first asserted by Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia in 1880</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bcbsr, post: 73351959, member: 7696"] Actually Wikipidea says the term showed up earlier than that. In fact the idea that the term "conspiracy theory" originated by the CIA in the 1960's is itself a conspiracy. See [URL="https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/nope_it_was_always_already_wrong"]Nope, It Was Always Already Wrong - CSI[/URL][URL="https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/nope_it_was_always_already_wrong"]Nope, It Was Always Already Wrong - CSI[/URL] The [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary']Oxford English Dictionary[/URL][/I] defines [I]conspiracy theory[/I] as "the theory that an event or phenomenon occurs as a result of a conspiracy between interested parties; [I]spec.[/I] a belief that some covert but influential agency (typically political in motivation and oppressive in intent) is responsible for an unexplained event". It cites a 1909 article in [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Historical_Review']The American Historical Review[/URL][/I] as the earliest usage example,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#cite_note-6'][6][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] although it also appears in journals as early as April 1870.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] Johnson, Allen (July 1909). [URL='https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1837085']"Reviewed Work: [I]The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise: Its Origin and Authorship[/I] by P. Orman Ray"[/URL]. [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Historical_Review']The American Historical Review[/URL][/I]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press']Oxford Journals[/URL] for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Historical_Association']American Historical Association[/URL] via [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR']JSTOR[/URL]. [B]14[/B] (4): 836. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier']doi[/URL]:[URL='https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1837085']10.2307/1837085[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSTOR']JSTOR[/URL] [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/1837085']1837085[/URL]. The claim that [David R.] Atchison was the originator of the [Missouri Compromise] repeal may be termed a recrudescence of the conspiracy theory first asserted by Colonel John A. Parker of Virginia in 1880 [/QUOTE]
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