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groupthink

[groop-thingk] / ˈgrupˌθɪŋk /












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It’s a description of a room where groupthink had replaced honest conversation — not through force, but through accumulated avoidance.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

After first-team All-NBA top scorer Tatum went down with an injury that could have meant missing the entire 2025-26 season, a groupthink emerged: The Celtics should reboot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

"Upvotes reward what a community likes, not what is true, so you can get information cascades, groupthink, and strong echo chambers in certain subreddits."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

When I asked him about how the Fed might institute a mechanism to question its groupthink, he suggested the institution borrow a technique by the national security experts in war games to question its models.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Zombies doubling as a metaphor for consumerism or groupthink?

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026




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