HERD INSTINCT Definition & Meaning

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.

herd instinct

noun

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of herd instinct¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Major U.S. carriers often copy one another’s pricing changes, a move that behavior analysts sometimes refer to as herd instinct.

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It should be noted that ROE is not impervious to other factors such as overall market sentiment and the herd instinct.

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Dr Tan says online bullies typically "stigmatise individuals for their personal actions or choices" and that is "later compounded by herd instinct".

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“As we have seen at Westminster the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves,” Mr. Johnson said in his resignation speech, suggesting that his Conservative colleagues in Parliament were simply succumbing to the political survival instinct of following the crowd.

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"But as we've seen, at Westminster the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves, and, my friends in politics, no one is remotely indispensable."

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