Confederacy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an alliance
Example sentence: Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy.
Conspiracy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of two or more persons, called conspirators, working secretly to obtain some goal, usually understood with negative connotations.An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.A group of ravens.
Example sentence: In a culture fueled by burnout, a culture that has run itself down, our national resilience becomes compromised. And when our collective immune system is weakened, we become more susceptible to viruses that are part of every culture because they're part of human nature - fear-mongering, scapegoating, conspiracy theories, and demagoguery.