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Definitions of groupthink in various dictionaries:
noun - decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility)
The act or practice of reasoning or decision-making by a group, as by a board of directors or a research team.
Conformity to the values or ethical standards of a group.
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| Condition of stultifying conformity |
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| Sep 5 2007 The A.V Club |
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| The act or practice of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially when characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to prevailing points of view. |
| decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility) |
| the process in which bad decisions are made by a group because its members do not want to express opinions, suggest new ideas, etc. that others may disagree with: |
| The practice of thinking or making decisions as a group, resulting typically in unchallenged, poor-quality decision-making. |
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Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative viewpoints by actively suppressing dissenting viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences. * Groupthink requires individuals to avoid raising controversial issues or alternative solutions, and there is loss of individual creativity, uniqueness and independent thinking. The dysfunctional group dynamics of the "ingroup" produces an "illusion of invulnerability" (an inflated certainty that the right decision has been made). Thus the "ingroup" significantly overrates its own abilities in decision-making and significantly underrates the abilities of its opponents (the "outgroup"). Furthermore, groupthink can produce dehumanizing actions against the "outgroup". * A |