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cheerleader effect

noun

Etymology

First used by the fictional character Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) in "Not a Father's Day", an episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother, first broadcast in November 2008.

Definitions

  1. A form of cognitive bias that causes individuals to appear more attractive to an observer…

    A form of cognitive bias that causes individuals to appear more attractive to an observer when they are in a group.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cheerleader effect. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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