groupthink
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groupthink
- /ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/ UK
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Coined by William H. Whyte in 1952, from group + think, modelled on earlier doublethink from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
noun groupthinks · group-think
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A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
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 gr
Similar: group-thinking, herdthink
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noun tendency of a group to conform to the majority view
| Español | pensamiento de grupo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 群体思维 |
| Português | pensamento de grupo |
| Français | pensée de groupe |
| Deutsch | Gruppendenken |
| Italiano | pensiero di gruppo |
| Русский | группово́е мышле́ние gruppovóje myšlénije |
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