herd instinct

noun

the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.

Origin of herd instinct

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby herd instinct

herd-book, herder, herdic, herd immunity, herding dog, herd instinct, herd's-grass, herdsman, herd tester, Herdwick, here

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Example sentences from the Web for herd instinct

It is these that, with the power of the herd-instinct, press into the mind of the child, there fashioning and moulding it.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
There must be free thought, scepticism, diminution in the intensity of herd-instinct.
The Problem of China|Bertrand Russell
It is this "herd-instinct," too, which makes man so extremely sensitive to the opinions of the society in which he lives.
Outwitting Our Nerves|Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
The instinct which teaches the birds to build nests taught them to build huts; the herd-instinct drove them into tribes.
The Pools of Silence|H. de Vere Stacpoole

Weakening under the pressure, and swung by the power of herd-instinct, most of us "came."
Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp

British Dictionary definitions for herd instinct

herd instinct

noun

psychol the inborn tendency to associate with others and follow the group's behaviour

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单词	herd instinct
释义	herd instinct noun the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity. Origin of herd instinct First recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby herd instinct herd-book, herder, herdic, herd immunity, herding dog, herd instinct, herd's-grass, herdsman, herd tester, Herdwick, here Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for herd instinct It is these that, with the power of the herd-instinct, press into the mind of the child, there fashioning and moulding it. Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology\|C. G. Jung There must be free thought, scepticism, diminution in the intensity of herd-instinct. The Problem of China\|Bertrand Russell It is this "herd-instinct," too, which makes man so extremely sensitive to the opinions of the society in which he lives. Outwitting Our Nerves\|Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury The instinct which teaches the birds to build nests taught them to build huts; the herd-instinct drove them into tribes. The Pools of Silence\|H. de Vere Stacpoole Weakening under the pressure, and swung by the power of herd-instinct, most of us "came." Tramping on Life\|Harry Kemp British Dictionary definitions for herd instinct herd instinct noun psychol the inborn tendency to associate with others and follow the group's behaviour Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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