hive mind
or hivemind
the property of apparent sentience in a colony of social insects acting as a single organism, each insect performing a specific role for the good of the group.
Psychology,Sociology.
a collective consciousness, analogous to the behavior of social insects, in which a group of people become aware of their commonality and think and act as a community, sharing their knowledge, thoughts, and resources: the global hive mind that has emerged with sites like Twitter and Facebook.
such a group mentality characterized by uncritical conformity and loss of a sense of individuality and personal accountability.
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How to use hive mind in a sentence
The site is not a hive-mind hegemon, nor even an organized media property.
“I think most models are victims of entrapment and a hive mind,” she explains.
Raf wondered if those who had built them had not been humanoid at all, but perhaps insects with a hive mind.
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