herd
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1.6
- noun
- /hɜrd/
- Offensive
:
rebaño
- In the crowded subway, it felt like we were just another part of the herd of commuters.
- herd behavior
- herd instinct
- herd immunity
Habits rule the unreflecting herd, said William Wordsworth.
- Habits rule the unreflecting herd, said William Wordsworth.
- Most people are a part of some kind of herd.
- Nietzsche summarizes in saying no herdsmen and one herd.
- Not all deceptions are bad from the perspective of the herd or even of the individual, right?
- Young gay people make every attempt to bond with their peers, to be part of the pack, the herd.
- So the the safest way for them to do is to, to benchmark to an index to, to the herd.
- I'm, I'm certainly very open to that, but that the, the sort of herd mentality feels like the more clear and present danger to me.
- You know, if you, if you look at the, the herd mentality, it's, it's just everyone following everyone else.
- It's, it's, there's this, this herd instinct, I guess.
Examples
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Habits rule the unreflecting herd, said William Wordsworth.
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The citizens do not wish for the herd management to become too costly.
Academic text (1990) -
What can you expect from the common herd, my lady?
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Forget about being part of the herd!
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Rather, it's about blending in with the herd.
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There's an almost natural instinct not to upset the herd.
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The residents trooped by in herds, each one with an opinion on the weather.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the darkness, the crouching, huddled audience looked more like a herd of deer than anything else.
Fiction book (1998) -
Nietzsche says that most individuals share a contemptible herd morality of self-preservation.
Academic text (1999) -
Walter Lippmann, one of the most influential political writers at that time, argued that if people were, in reality, motivated by irrational forces, then what was needed was control by the elites to manage what he called "the bewildered herd."
Synonyms
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1.0
Many people or things are close together in one place
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1.4
A group of people who are often friends
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1.0
A group of animals or people who act together
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1.0
A group of animals like birds or sheep that move together
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3.4
A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming
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8.8
A group of ordinary people seen as not special
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Etymology
Herd comes from the same old English heord, meaning 'flock', and people began to use it for groups of people too. So calling someone part of the herd suggests they are ordinary or follow the crowd.