groupthink

Example Sentences

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It’s a description of a room where groupthink had replaced honest conversation — not through force, but through accumulated avoidance.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The FOMC’s distinct design, with a central Board of Governors in Washington and the feet-on-the-ground Reserve Banks, leans against groupthink that can lead to errors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

"Upvotes reward what a community likes, not what is true, so you can get information cascades, groupthink, and strong echo chambers in certain subreddits."

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

He will need to steer groupthink, or at least the thinking of the voting Federal Open Market Committee, to implement his preferred policies on rates and the balance sheet.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

You then tend to have groupthink and bubbles that form, bubbles that are associated with their own kinds of mythologies and ideologies.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026