Behavior by any individual or entity which conspires, attempts or ultimately serves to coordinate, reinforce or achieve outcomes desired by a separate individual or entity. The term is most often understood relative to scenarios in which the natural outcome would have been different had the collusion not occurred.
For example: When actors from a foreign, enemy nation generate false and derogatory narratives or stories designed to exploit social divisions, sway elections and undermine the political institutions of a second sovereign nation, and a third party actor then espouses and advances those false narratives or stories, the later party is guilty of acting in collusion with the former in advancement of their goals.
Expanding on the above example, the obligation to avoid engaging in such collusion increases relative to the position of authority held by the offending party - as does the risk of such collusion constituting a criminal act. This is the case in part because of oaths those officials take to uphold the sanctity of public trust, but also because they are often uniquely privy to the very evidence which debunks the narratives, identifies their origin and indicates their nefarious intent. Perpetuating such false and derogatory narratives or stories in disregard of such evidence therefore renders the collusion "willful."
For example: When actors from a foreign, enemy nation generate false and derogatory narratives or stories designed to exploit social divisions, sway elections and undermine the political institutions of a second sovereign nation, and a third party actor then espouses and advances those false narratives or stories, the later party is guilty of acting in collusion with the former in advancement of their goals.
Expanding on the above example, the obligation to avoid engaging in such collusion increases relative to the position of authority held by the offending party - as does the risk of such collusion constituting a criminal act. This is the case in part because of oaths those officials take to uphold the sanctity of public trust, but also because they are often uniquely privy to the very evidence which debunks the narratives, identifies their origin and indicates their nefarious intent. Perpetuating such false and derogatory narratives or stories in disregard of such evidence therefore renders the collusion "willful."
"The arrogant and corrupt politician was so deluded by his misplaced sense of entitlement and intellectual superiority, he failed to recognize that publicly questioning the veracity and impartiality of his own intelligence agencies not only constituted obstruction of justice, but was in itself a clear, demonstrable and self-evident act of collusion."
by The Real Donald Truth December 18, 2018
Get the Collusion mug.Someone who neither answers your calls or is willing to hang out, but is civil to you when you happen to meet in them person and only shows their repulsion towards you indirectly and through their igging you. A portmanteau of the words chill and allusive.
by Crop duster word buster vinny July 18, 2010
Get the chillusive mug.Related Words
collusive
• Collusion
• collusionist
• cellulive
• chillusive
• clusive
• colliver
• collusional
• Collusioning
• collusionism
A very poorly disguised conspiracy.
by rexmortus June 3, 2018
Get the Operation NO COLLUSION mug.characterized by the denial of criminal or treasonous conspiracy that is contradicted by reality or rational argument
collusion + delusional
collusion + delusional
by jason is a social scientist May 10, 2018
Get the collusional mug.A type of attitude where one instantly jumps to conclusions. Sometimes after doing so he/she refuses to hear anything more to lift this attitude.
Woman (acting conclusive):
"I know what you did..."
Man:
"Ok if you would let me explain--"
Woman:
"YOU HATE ME DON'T YOU?!"
Man:
"No that's not it I--"
Woman:
"FINE!! IT'S OVER!!! WE'RE THROUGH!! I'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN!!!"
"I know what you did..."
Man:
"Ok if you would let me explain--"
Woman:
"YOU HATE ME DON'T YOU?!"
Man:
"No that's not it I--"
Woman:
"FINE!! IT'S OVER!!! WE'RE THROUGH!! I'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN!!!"
by Dave February 11, 2004
Get the conclusive mug.Even though their core ideologies couldn't have been more different, the two adversaries decided that collusion was their only real chance to prevent the rise of yet another icon spawned from an antiquated political system.
by This_Is_My_Handle December 8, 2018
Get the Collusion mug.A proposition of ontologistics (historical aestheticism) that scapegoating never disappears it merely switches references (contra-referentializes).
A postulation of historical aestheticism that argues that the West escaped institutional religious superstition ie. scapegoating by the employment of racial scapegoating eg. colonialism.
Implies that rationalism can never fully escape religion.
A postulation of historical aestheticism that argues that the West escaped institutional religious superstition ie. scapegoating by the employment of racial scapegoating eg. colonialism.
Implies that rationalism can never fully escape religion.
Collusion is an instance of contra-referentialization.
by sandraxine September 2, 2018
Get the collusion mug.