counterconspiracy

noun

coun·​ter·​con·​spir·​a·​cy ˌkau̇n-tər-kən-ˈspir-ə-sē 

variants or counter-conspiracy

plural counterconspiracies or counter-conspiracies

: a conspiracy to oppose or undermine something (such as another conspiracy)

She also wrote that conspiracies beget conspiracies, and so do conspiracy theories. The belief in a conspiracy demands a counterconspiracy to fight it.

—Masha Gessen

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above