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social loafing

social loafing noun: the tendency for members of a group to put in less effort together than they might put in individually.

Noun

social loafing (uncountable)

  1. (social psychology) The tendency for members of a group to put in less effort together than they might put in individually.

Questions about social loafing

What does social loafing mean?
Social loafing means the tendency for members of a group to put in less effort together than they might put in individually.
What part of speech is social loafing?
Social loafing is a noun.

Words near social loafing in the dictionary

  1. social liberal
  2. social liberalism
  3. social life
  4. social listening
  5. social lives
  6. social loafing
  7. social lubricant
  8. social lubricants
  9. social marginality
  10. social media
  11. social media intelligence

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