group spirit

As unjust as that is, it is often done, and always to the cost of the group spirit.

This only means that each individual is subject to the influence of the group spirit.

Each group would therefore have an opportunity to set its own group standards and to build up its own group spirit.

But in the case of the Japanese this group spirit is markedly strong, expressing itself in loyalty and patriotism.

Most strangely, the spirit of Yamato, or the Japanese group spirit, has had its source more than anywhere else in primitive myths.