Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or practice of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially when characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to prevailing points of view.
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- noun A process of
reasoning ordecision -making by agroup , especially one characterized byuncritical acceptance orconformity to aperceived majority view .
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- noun decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility)
Etymologies
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Examples
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If only Macpherson had used the term groupthink instead the absurdity above wouldn't have happened.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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They engage in groupthink and newspeak and you can spend a lifetime shaking them off.
Think Progress » Mark Krikorian: ‘Haiti’s So Screwed Up Because It Wasn’t Colonized Long Enough’ 2010
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To wit, I now and then think, or perhaps despair, that inane mediocre groupthink is the whole point of humanity.
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Writing that reaction off as defensive groupthink is defensive groupthink.
Critique From HereNow Hal Duncan 2009
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I'm sorry, is this supposed to somehow show that olegt DOES NOT engage in groupthink?
An Elite Group 2009
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The same groupthink is at play with today's election.
Christine Pelosi: Election Day Update From the Field: Don't Suppress Us With Your Punditry: Let Our People Vote! Christine Pelosi 2010
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Writing that reaction off as defensive groupthink is defensive groupthink.
Archive 2009-06-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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Forum groupthink is insanely established to the point you generally go to forums that agree with you, or you learn to fit in fast or shut up about anything that the regulars have deemed to be wrong.
Going Out SVGL 2008
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That type of monolithic groupthink is the Republican way.
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I thought that forced conformity was a lefty thing, but if these comments are any indication groupthink is alive and well.
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