herdthink
herdthink noun: reasoning based on or characteristic of uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
Noun
herdthink (uncountable)
- Reasoning based on or characteristic of uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
- But there is another America, too—an America of herdthink, of intolerance.1993, Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 111
- The most extreme and eventually the most dangerous kind of “herdthink” was hard to miss in the natural resource stocks, particularly the copper and natural gas stocks, as long as you knew what to look for.2009, James J. Cramer, Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 298
- Synonyms:
- groupthink
Synonyms of herdthink
Origin of herdthink
From herd + think.
Questions about herdthink
- What does herdthink mean?
- Herdthink means reasoning based on or characteristic of uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
- What part of speech is herdthink?
- Herdthink is a noun.
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