collective behavior

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noun Sociology.

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

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How to use collective behavior in a sentence

In the past five years, researchers have taken big strides in understanding how this collective behavior of proteins arises from tiny physical and chemical forces.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life|Viviane Callier|January 7, 2021|Quanta Magazine
They can also “emerge” out of the collective behavior of many constituents.
Contemplating the End of Physics|Robbert Dijkgraaf|November 24, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We haven't had any real fan reaction yet, but our collective fingers are crossed.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The gym—a fragile collective of human ecology at the best of times—has suddenly become even more tense.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Until recently, the hacker collective known as Lizard Squad was all but unknown.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Moreover, most of the burrows were only a few feet apart and no agonistic behavior was witnessed.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
A resolute push for quite a short period now might reconstruct the entire basis of our collective human life.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Under the present order and with the present gloomy preconceptions they have been the least of its collective cares.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
This can be done, as with the minimum wage, partly by positive legislation and partly collective action.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
This act is performed by the Christian church in a collective ecclesiastical capacity.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham