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noun
the impulse or tendency toward clustering or acting in a group, especially the presumed instinct toward or need for gregariousness and conformity.
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Origin of herd instinct
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby herd instinct
herd-book, herder, herdic, herd immunity, herding dog, herd instinct, herd's-grass, herdsman, herd tester, Herdwick, here
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British Dictionary definitions for herd instinct
herd instinct
noun
psychol the inborn tendency to associate with others and follow the group's behaviour
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