herdthink
nounEtymology
From herd + think.
- derived from *teng-✻
- inherited from *þankijaną✻
- inherited from *þankijan✻
- inherited from þenċan
- inherited from thinken
Definitions
Reasoning based on or characteristic of uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a…
Reasoning based on or characteristic of uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
- But there is another America, too—an America of herdthink, of intolerance.
- The most extreme and eventually the most dangerous kind of “herdthink” was hard to miss in the natural resource stocks, particularly the copper and natural gas stocks, as long as you knew what to look for.
- Traders also need to understand these cognitive biases to avoid herdthink.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA