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mobbing

mobbing

1 7.5
A group of people who bully someone at work or school
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑbɪŋ/
  • NSFW
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  • Mobbing in the workplace can lead to severe anxiety and depression for the victim.

Let me the one the most common way of doing that is what's called mobbing.

Examples

  • These include humiliating, harassing, and mobbing (Colvin, Tobin, Beard, Hagan & Sprague, 1998).

    Academic text (2008)

  • The manager was reported for mobbing his employees, creating a toxic work environment.

  • Another idea is that mobbing instills "site avoidance."

    Academic text (2010)

  • At that time, strong societal interest in the bullying/victim problem emerged in Scandinavia, where bullying was known as "mobbing."

    Academic text (2008)

  • Several students spoke out against the mobbing they experienced at school by their classmates.

Synonyms

harassment
vsmobbing
596 4.6

Repeatedly annoying or frightening someone to upset them

is group based rather than repeated actions by one person
bullying
vsmobbing
  • Offensive
148 2.7

Treating someone weaker badly to control or frighten them

involves a group acting together rather than a single aggressor

Antonyms

to support
∞ 1.0

Give help to a person or idea

to uplift
23 3.2

To make someone feel happier and more hopeful

How Harmful

mobbing
  • NSFW
1 7.5
bullying
  • Offensive
148 2.7
harassment
596 4.6
teasing
2.7

Surface Forms

mobbing singular
mobbings plural

Morphology

mobbing = mob (semi-transparent) = mob + ing

Formed from 'mob' + '-ing' in a standard way, but the workplace/school sense is a specialized extension ('group bullying') that may not be fully obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Mobbing is also used for group bullying and comes from the image of a mob 'ganging up' on one person. That's why workplace or school mobbing means several people harassing, isolating, or pressuring a colleague or student.