Groupthink

//ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk//

Synonyms for "groupthink" (7 found)

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Translations

18 translations across 16 languages.

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Catalan

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  • pensament de grup noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 群体思维 noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Finnish

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  • laumasieluisuus noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

French

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  • pensée de groupe noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Galician

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  • pensamento de grupo noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

German

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  • Gruppendenken noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Hungarian

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  • csoportgondolkodás noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Italian

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  • pensiero di gruppo noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • gruppetenking noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)
  • gruppetenkning noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • gruppetenking noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Polish

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  • myślenie grupowe noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Portuguese

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  • pensamento de grupo noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Russian

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  • группово́е мышле́ние noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Spanish

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  • pensamiento de grupo noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Swedish

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  • grupptänk noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)
  • grupptänkande noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Ukrainian

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  • групове́ ми́слення noun (tendency of a group to conform to the majority view)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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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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