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pluralistic ignorance

situation in which a majority of group members privately reject a norm, but incorrectly assume that most others accept it, and therefore go along with it
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pluralistic ignorance

Summary

pluralistic ignorance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pluralistic ignorance's subclass of is recorded as social phenomenon[2].
  • pluralistic ignorance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045w_h[3].
  • pluralistic ignorance's different from is recorded as common misconception[4].
  • pluralistic ignorance's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 145521091[5].

Why It Matters

pluralistic ignorance ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). pluralistic ignorance. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pluralistic-ignorance
MLA “pluralistic ignorance.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pluralistic-ignorance.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pluralistic-ignorance_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pluralistic ignorance}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pluralistic-ignorance}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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