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The 58 pages that link to Conspiracy theory, each with the reason it gives.

• MythCompared with: Both can organize uncertainty into a story, but conspiracy theories make claims about hidden present-day actors.

• DelusionCompared with: Such theories may be culturally shared, so their content alone does not establish a delusion.

• RumorCompared with: A rumor may allege a plot, but it need not offer a coherent explanatory theory.

• ConspiracyCompared with: A criminal conspiracy is an alleged agreement; a conspiracy theory is a proposed explanation.

• St. Bartholomew's Day massacreCompared with: Claims of a fully premeditated extermination plot contrast with evidence for a rapidly escalating crisis.

• Auxiliary hypothesisCompared with: Its protective auxiliary claims illustrate how an explanation can resist counterevidence without yielding testable predictions.

• Umberto EcoCompared with: Foucault’s Pendulum shows how interpretive overreach can manufacture conspiracies from coincidences.

• DiscordianismCompared with: Discordian play with conspiratorial patterns can parody the certainty such explanations claim.

• Epstein filesCompared with: Claims about a definitive hidden client list often exceed what released records establish.

• Anatoly FomenkoCompared with: Some versions of New Chronology claim historians deliberately concealed the true timeline.