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Groupthink vs Groupmind - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between groupthink and groupmind

is that groupthink is a process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view while groupmind is a composite mind, the sum of several individual minds.

groupthink

English

(wikipedia groupthink)

Alternative forms

* group-think

Noun

(-)
  • A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view.
  • * 2005 , , '' Slate Magazine, Tuesday, July 12, 2005:
    • This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.
  • * 2012 , (Christopher Clark), The Sleepwalkers , Penguin 2013, p. 395:
    • A militant group-think seized hold of the ministry.

    groupmind

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A composite mind, the sum of several individual minds.

    • See also

    * groupthink