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groupthink

UK/ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/

groupthink noun: a process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.

Noun

groupthink (countable and uncountable, plural groupthinks)

  1. 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...1973 May 28, Irving L. Janis, “Groupthink in Washington”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021
    • This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.2005 July 12, Jacob Weisberg, “The Anonymity Trap”, in Slate, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021

groupthink meaning in Tamil

groupthink in Tamil

குழுச்சிந்தனை, குழு எண்ணம், குழுச் சிந்தனை

Synonyms of groupthink

Forms of groupthink

pluralgroupthinks
alternative formgroup-think

Origin of groupthink

Coined by William H. Whyte in 1952, from group + think, modelled on earlier doublethink from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Words formed from groupthink

Questions about groupthink

What does groupthink mean?
Groupthink means a process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
What is groupthink in Tamil?
Groupthink in Tamil is குழுச்சிந்தனை, குழு எண்ணம், குழுச் சிந்தனை. See Groupthink meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is groupthink?
Groupthink is a noun.
How do you pronounce groupthink?
Groupthink is pronounced /ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/ (UK).
What is the plural of groupthink?
The plural of groupthink is groupthinks.

Words near groupthink in the dictionary

  1. groups of galaxies
  2. groups of Lie type
  3. groupset
  4. groupsets
  5. groupspeak
  6. groupthink
  7. groupthinker
  8. groupthinkers
  9. groupthinks
  10. groupuscular
  11. groupuscule

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Adapted from Wiktionary: groupthink (page history and authors); groupthink (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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