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herd mentality

human tendency to adopt beliefs and behaviors favored by one's peer group, instead of thinking independently
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herd mentality

Summary

herd mentality is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 210 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #28 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • herd mentality's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • herd mentality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bx3h6[4].
  • herd mentality's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 183346369[5].

Why It Matters

herd mentality draws 210 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #28 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). herd mentality. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/herd-mentality
MLA “herd mentality.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/herd-mentality.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_herd-mentality_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{herd mentality}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/herd-mentality}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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