hive mind
or hive·mind
- 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.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for hivemind
Contemporary Examples
He says it encourages the hivemind of Reddit to spot holes in reporting and fill them.
