groupthink

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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 group of executives whose decision‐making procedures were impaired by errors having little or nothing to do with groupthink.”

“This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.”

“Anyone who works for a news organization (or any large corporation, for that matter⟳) can weave tales of woe around all the planning, brainstorming, off-site retreats and other groupthinks that led nowhere.”

“A militant group-think seized hold⟳ of the ministry.”

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