Groupthink

/ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/

Synonyms for "groupthink" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
collective biasconformity

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
group pressure

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
herd mentalitysheepishnessunscientific thinking habit

Related word relations

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cognitive biasdecidingdecision makingsocial phenomenon

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conformity pressuregroup pressurehive mindillusion of unanimitymindguardingself-censorship

Collocations

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conformity pressuregroup pressurehive mindillusion of unanimitymindguardingself-censorship

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The groupthink is incredible.

Source: tatoeba (12189222)

Essentially not a "groupthink" idea, each individual really has his or her own religion. Even though the person may belong to an organized religion, which is really a human idealized abstraction, the person has her or his own views about it. So, religion is essentially individualized.

Source: tatoeba (13052403)

At present we do not know what percentage of all national fiascoes are attributable to groupthink. Some decisions of poor quality that turn out to be fiascoes might be ascribed primarily to mistakes made by just one man, the Chief Executive. Others arise because of a faulty policy formulated by a group of executives whose decision‐making procedures were impaired by errors having little or nothing to do with groupthink.

Source: wiktionary

This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.

Source: wiktionary

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