groupthink

psychological phenomenon in which the desire for harmony or conformity in a group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision
Event cognitive_bias Q751414
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groupthink

Summary

groupthink is a cognitive bias[1]. groupthink ranks in the top 8% of cognitive_bias entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (633 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • groupthink's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • groupthink's subclass of is recorded as social psychology[4].
  • groupthink's subclass of is recorded as pattern of behavior[5].
  • groupthink's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[6].
  • groupthink's Commons category is recorded as Groupthink[7].
  • groupthink's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gv1g[8].
  • groupthink's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Groupthink[9].
  • groupthink's partially coincident with is recorded as consensual validation[10].
  • groupthink's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/groupthink[11].
  • groupthink's BBC Things ID is recorded as 5b3ca1a7-5933-4d27-958d-02d61a319401[12].
  • groupthink's Quora topic ID is recorded as Groupthink[13].
  • groupthink's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as groupthink[14].
  • groupthink's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 05796929-n[15].
  • groupthink's Investopedia term ID is recorded as g/groupthink[16].
  • groupthink's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as gruppomyslie-0ba7a4[17].

Why It Matters

groupthink ranks in the top 8% of cognitive_bias entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (633 views/month).[2] groupthink has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] groupthink is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . odysee.com. odysee.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). groupthink. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/groupthink
MLA “groupthink.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/groupthink.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_groupthink_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{groupthink}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/groupthink}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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