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collective behavior

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noun

Sociology.
  1. the spontaneous, unstructured, and temporary behavior of a group of people in response to the same event, situation, etc.


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Thinking about the collective behavior of a whole system rather than individual particles is common in other areas of physics and even everyday life.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

The consequences of their collective behavior were world-changing.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

“When it comes to our collective behavior, it seems like we have lost any sense of public conversation about the moral good,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

"We have shown that mucus, unlike liquids of similar consistency, enhances the collective behavior."

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023

It is in our collective behavior that we are most mysterious.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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