groupthink

English

Alternative forms

• group-think

Etymology

From group +‎ think.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/

Noun

groupthink (uncountable)

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.
   • 2005, Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine, Tuesday, July 12, 2005:

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

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 395:

     A militant group-think seized hold of the ministry.

Synonyms

• herdthink
• echo chamber

Translations

tendency of a group to conform to the majority view

• Catalan: pensament de grup m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 群体思维

• Finnish: laumasieluisuus
• French: pensée de groupe f
• Galician: pensamento de grupo m
• German: Gruppendenken n
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• Italian: pensiero di gruppo m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gruppetenking m or f, gruppetenkning m or f

  Nynorsk: gruppetenking f

• Portuguese: pensamento de grupo m
• Spanish: pensamiento de grupo m
• Swedish: grupptänkande n, grupptänk n