noun
groupthink
Groupthink (noun) 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.
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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.
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Etymology
Coined by William H. Whyte in 1952, from group + think, modelled on earlier doublethink from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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"groupthink" (noun) 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.