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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
Class type of: social phenomenon Q926274

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2 properties
Subclass of
social phenomenon
Different from
common misconception[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en pluralistic ignorance ar تجاهل الأغلبية cs Pluralitní ignorance da flertalsmisforståelse da pluralistisk ignorance de Pluralistische Ignoranz es Ignorancia pluralista fa نادانی جمعی fr ignorance pluraliste he בורות פלורליסטית it ignoranza pluralistica ja 多元的無知 ko 다원적 무지 pl niewiedza wielu pl Pluralistyczna ignorancja pt Ignorância pluralística ru Феномен множественного невежества tr Çoğulcu cehalet vi Sự vô tri đa nguyên zh 多数无知
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
145521091
Semantic Scholar topic ID
1058457

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pluralistic ignorance is a type of social phenomenon[1].

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  1. 3h ago · VastV0idInSpace0 · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Semantic Scholar topic ID → 1058457
    Subclass of → social phenomenon
    Different from → common misconception
    "Created claim: Semantic Scholar topic ID: 1058457, Matched to Pluralistic ignorance (#255277504) in Semantic S…"
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