groupthink

noun

group·​think ˈgrüp-ˌthiŋk 

: a pattern of thought characterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics

Examples of groupthink in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In his view, the expanding ubiquity of predictive AI models is squeezing our culture into a kind of groupthink, in which all our idiosyncrasies slowly but surely become discounted as irrelevant outliers in the data of humanity. —Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025

Could the desire to attain a unified model of cognition be the kick in the pants to the AI field to look beyond the groupthink of today’s AI and LLMs? —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Similar constraints can also impact a group or team, where the innate collective drift towards groupthink limits idea diversity. —François Candelon, Fortune, 11 July 2025

Prasad is a hematologist-oncologist and outspoken critic of what he’s argued as groupthink in medicine. —Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 2 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

group entry 1 + -think (as in doublethink)

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for groupthink

• bethink
• downlink
• hoodwink
• rethink
• uplink
• blink
• brink
• chink
• cinque
• clink
• dink
• drink